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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:03:46 +0200
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: eye-candy hack - warp_saver changing direction :)
Message-ID:  <20001211180346.C606@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <xzpvgsrq759.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:01:22PM %2B0100
References:  <20001211161847.A606@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <xzpvgsrq759.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:01:22PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> writes:
> > This one defines two sysctl's - kern.warp_dir (zero to roll to the left,
> > non-zero to roll the other way), and kern.warp_period (number of iterations
> > before changing direction).  The warp_period is measured in.. seconds, isn't
> > it - how often the saver is called to do its dance..
> 
> kern.* is not the right place for this. It should go in user.*, unless
> that is reserved for userland, in which case a subtree of kern.* is
> probably the Right Thing.

Yes, I was wondering about user.*, but I decided it was reserved for
userland.  OK, I'll put it in a subtree.  How does kern.ss.warp.* sound?
Or kern.saver.warp.*?  Or maybe even kern.syscons.saver.warp.*? (oif!)

G'luck,
Peter

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