Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 05:11:15 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_aio.c src/lib/libc/gen sysconf.c src/sys/posix4 posix4.h posix4_mib.c Message-ID: <20021117131115.GI6882@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20021117184717.X21842-100000@gamplex.bde.org> References: <200211170724.gAH7OHkQ000622@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20021117184717.X21842-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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* Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> [021116 23:49] wrote: > > Yes; options that are so option that you need an another option to tell > if they are optional were far too complicated. I may nuke this as long as people are ok with me removing the hardcoded sysctl constants. > The CTL_P1003_1B_* constants seem to be in <sys/sysctl.h> now (I'm 10 > days behind -current). Couldn't all of these be OID_AUTO and not have > pre-assigned numbers? Having to preassign the numbers gets in the way > of even incremental development of the features (assuming sysctl does > the right thing for completely unimplemented features). I think I can fix most of this if we're ok with breaking the hardcoded constant sysctls and go to using sysctlbyname. Is that ok? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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