Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:52:44 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica/Osd OsdTable.c src/sys/sys kernel.h src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf.5 src/share/man/man4 acpi.4 Message-ID: <200402161152.44270.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200402140317.i1E3HV6E048159@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200402140317.i1E3HV6E048159@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Friday 13 February 2004 10:17 pm, Nate Lawson wrote: > njl 2004/02/13 19:17:30 PST > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/dev/acpica/Osd OsdTable.c > sys/sys kernel.h > sys/boot/forth loader.conf.5 > share/man/man4 acpi.4 > Log: > Fix hw.acpi.os_name by renaming it to hw.acpi.osname. The "_name" suffix > is reserved by the loader, and thus any tunable name with that suffix > will be silently discarded. > > Document this in the header and man page so that other developers do not > develop so many bumps on the head after banging it against the wall. > > Detective work by: Mark Santcroos, grehan Aha, cute. Note that _load, _before, _after, _type, _flags, and _error are also "magic". -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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