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Date:      Fri, 9 May 2008 11:08:20 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@fromme.com>
To:        pjd@FreeBSD.org (Pawel Jakub Dawidek)
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c
Message-ID:  <200805090908.m4998KvB007397@haluter.fromme.com>
In-Reply-To: <200805090742.m497g3qL054749@repoman.freebsd.org> from "Pawel Jakub Dawidek" at May 09, 2008 07:42:02 AM

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
 >   Modified files:
 >     sys/kern             subr_param.c 
 >   Log:
 >   - Export HZ value via kern.hz sysctl (this is the same name as for the
 >     loader tunable).

It's probably just me, but I don't see the usefulness of
this.  The HZ value is already exported via kern.clockrate.
(I'm not saying the change is wrong, I'm just looking for
an explanation.)

(On the other hand, how about exporting the value of the
kernel variable "ticks"?  Just a thought.)

Best regards
   Oliver

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