Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:33:58 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mib.c Message-ID: <199901252233.OAA08049@apollo.backplane.com> References: <22574.917300357@critter.freebsd.dk>
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:Matt, : :I simply don't understand why you need this as a variable in the :first place, clearly if it is a "per-host" basis, you can :find it using `hostname` or similar methods ? : :While I am in general terms `pro` a registry of some kind, I will :strongy object to sysctl being used for registry tasks like this :one. : :A far better, and more UNIX like, way would be to mount a MFS on :some directory and stick the info there... In fact, I am using it exactly on an IP basis. The problem is figuring out the IP address. I'd gladly just build the whole smear into /etc/rc.conf, but it requiring running route and ifconfig to extract the machine's BOOTP-assigned IP address. If it is ok to run these inside /etc/rc.conf, then we don't have a problem. Do people have any objections to running ifconfig and route inside /etc/rc.conf to 'calculate' a machine-specific rc.conf.local path ? -Matt :Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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