Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:43:59 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>, hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty), bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, ahasty@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, roger@cs.strath.ac.uk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci brooktree848.c Message-ID: <199805212344.QAA05535@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 May 1998 18:57:31 %2B0200." <8383.895769851@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> > >I am likewise a little indecisive, but quite certain that emulating > >SNMP slavishly (as opposed to learning from it) would be a mistake. > > And, most importantly, the crucial thing that stopped sysctl > development: It SHALL not turn into a win32 registry look-a-like. Can you be more specific about this: do you mean "it will not be a hierarchical namespace providing access to parametric information", or "it will not be a lousy and abused implementation"? Be careful where you step - this is a sensitive and rather significant issue. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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