Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:58:25 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, sjr@home.net Subject: Re: sysctl on boot. Message-ID: <39CD1971.874C72A6@cup.hp.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009181450220.47170-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <200009182209.QAA33920@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009181450220.47170-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> Kris Kennaway writes: > : On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > : > : > A short term fix is to just rerun /etc/rc.sysctl at the end of the > : > boot sequence, just before the secrelevel change. Stephen's PR > : > suggests this with a patch. I think it is good, but wanted to get > : > some feedback from others before doing this. > : > : rc.sysctl_early and rc.sysctl_late? > > I worry about a gratuitous change to the name. However, I could > easily see rc.sysctl have an early file and a late one settable by > rc.conf rc.sysctl could be made to work in stages. It could be given the stage as an argument, or could determine the stage by itself. Working in stages abstracts better than the creation of files and can be made as complex as necessary. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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