From owner-cvs-all Tue May 19 02:05:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26255 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 02:05:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26227; Tue, 19 May 1998 02:05:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA09882; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:03:57 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA25965; Tue, 19 May 1998 11:03:56 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980519110356.54060@follo.net> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:03:56 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Amancio Hasty , Bruce Evans Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, ahasty@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG, roger@cs.strath.ac.uk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci brooktree848.c References: <199805190811.SAA06734@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199805190825.BAA01249@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199805190825.BAA01249@rah.star-gate.com>; from Amancio Hasty on Tue, May 19, 1998 at 01:25:08AM -0700 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 01:25:08AM -0700, Amancio Hasty wrote: > It sure will be nice to have a uniform way to configure the kernel and its > modules ala sysctl rather than having to remember N "hairy device specific" > programs. The disadvantage of sysctl() is that it assume you have only a single instance of a device-type. That ain't necessarily so. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message