Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 23:23:28 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/syscons scmouse.c src/sys/i386/conf options.i386 src/sys/alpha/conf options.alpha Message-ID: <199911152123.XAA00435@gratis.grondar.za>
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> <<On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:13:18 +0800, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> said: > > > I would think a sysctl option would be better still as that's easily > > changed at runtime.. > > No, if you're changing it at runtime it should be an ioctl. It rarely changes; it would be (effectively) a boot option 99.9% of the time, except where someone wants to be clever, wants do debug, or in rare cases has another specific task in mind. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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