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Date:      Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:25:48 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sysctl kern.disks shouldn't have to sort its output 
Message-ID:  <72301.1009139148@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:43:37 EST." <20011223164336.GA34175@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> 

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In message <20011223164336.GA34175@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>, The Anarcat write
s:
>
>On Sun Dec 23, 2001 at 09:37:10AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <20011222230759.GD530@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>, The Anarcat w=
>rites:

>> >Anyways. If the sorting belongs to the kernel, I could do it.
>> don't.
>
>I did. Patch attached. :) It's simple, really. It just finds a proper
>place to add the disk when it is created instead of mindlessly adding it
>at the HEAD of the list.
>
>Oh, and if this gets committed, I suggest the removal of the printfs. :)

Since I think my my "MAINTAINER" status on subr_disk.c is still in good
standing, consider this official notice that I object to this patch
being committed.

Sorting of the disks should happen in userland according to the
individual applications need.

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
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