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To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci brooktree848.c 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 May 1998 23:35:59 +1000."
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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 08:17:29 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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I disagree . Again a single uniform interface is not a bad thing also
it paves the way for a single application to manage the tree;additionally,
sysctl could be cmd line interface and graphic sysctl could manage
the entire tree.

	Amancio

> >> 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.
> >
> >There is that, Bruce.  Are you really arguing that it's more natural
> >to have a ccdcontrol and a pppcontrol and a rndcontrol and a
> >foocontrol and a ... than it is to have a handful of sysctl variables?
> 
> No, I'm arguing that it is more natural to have a ccdcontrol and etc.
> than it it is to have a ccd sysctl and a ppp sysctl and a rnd sysctl
> and a foo sysctl and a ..., each with its own more than a handful of
> sub-variables, each with its own kludges to handle multiple units and
> each with its own kludges to recover device attributes.
> 
> Bruce



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