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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 20:57:18 -0700
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>I think of sysctl as a bunch of big global variable, or OPTIONS in the
>kernel config file.  If it isn't documented, it isn't needed.

   That's just being silly and you know it.

>Do I have permission to start removing sysctl's that aren't
>documented/used?

   You're welcome to remove them from your own sources, but commiting those
changes is a real good way to lose your commit privileges.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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