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Date:      Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:09:51 +0100
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r247814 - in head: . sys/amd64/conf sys/cam/ctl sys/conf sys/i386/conf
Message-ID:  <20130313210951.GB1372@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <201303131108.27005.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <201303042118.r24LIj5e008913@svn.freebsd.org> <20130312210921.GB1390@garage.freebsd.pl> <201303131108.27005.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:08:26AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:09:21 pm Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 09:18:45PM +0000, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > > Author: ken
> > > Date: Mon Mar  4 21:18:45 2013
> > > New Revision: 247814
> > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/247814
> > >=20
> > > Log:
> > >   Re-enable CTL in GENERIC on i386 and amd64, but turn on the CTL dis=
able
> > >   tunable by default.
> > >  =20
> > >   This will allow GENERIC configurations to boot on small memory boxe=
s, but
> > >   not require end users who want to use CTL to recompile their kernel=
=2E  They
> > >   can simply set kern.cam.ctl.disable=3D0 in loader.conf.
> >=20
> > Could you rename it to kern.cam.ctl.enable(d)? There was discussion at
> > some point about sysctl/tunable names and the consensus was, AFAIR, to
> > use positive(?) names as they are more obvious.
>=20
> Except that all the hints we use for devices are hint.foo.X.disable=3D1 :)

Well we have many sysctls too, but would be nice not to introduce new ones.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
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