From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 17 0: 1:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB6E7155B5 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:01:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA38192; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:59:15 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199908170659.IAA38192@gratis.grondar.za> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Marcel Moolenaar , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:59:14 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I kinda like the idea of a top-level compat category; it will keep the > top level uncluttered when sysv and iBCS compatibility start requiring > their own knobs, and if you put linux at the top level this will later > be used as justification for putting all the other "compat" stuff up > there too. I think it's a slippery slope. Agreed. Sysctl's have a decent hierarchical structure; let's use it. Examples of broken/unused hierarchical structures: o .COM namespace. o Average DOS user's hard disk management (everything off root). M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message