Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:27:11 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Cc: abial@webgiro.com, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SysctlFS Message-ID: <200007271627.JAA76361@pike.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <200007270147.SAA16199@beastie.mckusick.com> from Kirk McKusick at "Jul 26, 2000 06:47:34 pm"
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Kirk McKusick wrote: > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:45:10 +0200 > From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.ORG> > To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> > Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: SysctlFS > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2000, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been tweaking the sysctls here and there for some time > > now, and I'd like to see what is the current opinion on > > implementing sysctl tree as a filesystem. Most of the work > > I've done with dynamic sysctls is very similar to what > > happens with filesystem. Also, filesystem model allows for > > much more fine-grained access control. > > > > If you are still interested in doing this, see `man kernfs' > which is a prototype of a filesystem designed to show (and > in some cases modify) kernel information. > > Kirk McKusick Andrezj, You might want to talk to Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@FreeBSD.org> as well. I know he has a nearly-finished implementation of sysctlfs lying around. -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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