From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 23 00:16:31 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id AAA10011 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 23 May 1995 00:16:31 -0700 Received: from lirmm.lirmm.fr (lirmm.lirmm.fr [193.49.104.10]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA10004 for ; Tue, 23 May 1995 00:16:29 -0700 Received: from lirmm.fr (baobab.lirmm.fr [193.49.106.14]) by lirmm.lirmm.fr (8.6.10/8.6.4) with ESMTP id JAA02226; Tue, 23 May 1995 09:16:04 +0200 Message-Id: <199505230716.JAA02226@lirmm.lirmm.fr> To: "Alok K. Dhir" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sysctl(3) in kernel modules. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 May 1995 13:56:44 EDT." Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:16:01 +0200 From: "Philippe Charnier" Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Salut, In the message Re: sysctl(3) in kernel modules., "Alok K. Dhir" wrote : > >So far, we've been patching the snake saver (at the office) to say >"Internet Access Group, Inc." instead of "FreeBSD 2.1". It would be nice >if a "-string whatever" flag was added so the patch wouldn't be >necessary. So as not to duplicate (or step on) your efforts, perhaps you >should throw it in while you're working on it? > The modload program should receive the string as an option, and write it to the module by filling an area in the data segment of the kernel module. By the way, I really don't know how to do such a thing. -------- -------- Philippe Charnier charnier@lirmm.fr LIRMM, 161 rue Ada, 34392 Montpellier cedex 5 -- France ------------------------------------------------------------------------