Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:35:14 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: per-device sysctls Message-ID: <20040226.113514.94846192.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp7jy9lmnf.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <xzpk729lnq7.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040226.112045.82374099.imp@bsdimp.com> <xzp7jy9lmnf.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: > How is this different than the sysctl stuff that already exsists fo=
r
: > this and is accessed by devinfo?
: =
: 1) it is immensely easier to access
From=20whose point of view. devinfo is easier to type than sysctl dev
by one character :-). However,
: 2) it gives drivers a well-defined place to put their per-device
: sysctl variables - devinfo doesn't address that issue at all
That is a good reason to transitioning to this, so long as we can come
up with a good way to represent detached nodes. This also gives us a
good place to hang other actions we may want to send to device drivers
like power down, etc.
Warner
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