Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:40:51 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: jonny@jonny.eng.br, mike@dingo.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... Message-ID: <19980604134051.48560@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199806040744.CAA00761@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:44:46AM -0500 References: <199806040536.WAA00588@antipodes.cdrom.com> <199806040744.CAA00761@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:44:46AM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > One cool thing about sysctl vs. kernfs type schemes, is that for > the kernfs to be useful for shell scripts, you have to do the > ascii to binary and vice versa conversions (assuming that the kernel > isn't doing brain-dead ascii/binary/ascii conversions.) With sysctl, > the types are managed for you in user space. :-). I think that it is > extremely ugly to have to ascii convert things in the kernel (even though > I am guilty of it.) By the time you create a filter to do the conversions > (using a more reasonable kernel binary interface), then you have yet > another sysctl program to interpret your kernfs. :-). mount -t portal /etc/kernel_portal.conf /kern :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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