Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:43:03 +0100 (BST) From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Cc: viro@math.psu.edu, sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us, fare@tunes.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Improving the Unix API Message-ID: <E10yXwO-0004oB-00@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906280950160.80685-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from "Doug Rabson" at Jun 28, 99 09:52:35 am
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> As far as sysctl goes, FreeBSD deprecates the use of numbers for OIDs and > has a string-based mechanism for exploring the sysctl tree. So we are actually both going the same way. Linus with /proc/sys and his official dislike of sysctl (Oh well I think sysctl using number spaces is the right idea - like snmp is), and BSD going to names To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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