From owner-cvs-all Tue Feb 2 23:55:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA18737 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:55:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles138.castles.com [208.214.165.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA18731; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:55:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00916; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 23:51:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902030751.XAA00916@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bruce Evans cc: peter@netplex.com.au, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:29:23 +1100." <199901310629.RAA24135@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 23:51:32 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > >> > Log: > >> > Add a new sysctl node kern.shutdown, off which shutdown-related things > >> > can be hung. > >> > >> WHy have a whole hierarchy for this? The old kern-level variable > >> kern.shutdown_timeout was so important that it was never used. > > > >I did, and I suspect that other people that ran things like squid certainly > >did too. > > Actually, it was actually used by init(8) even in /usr/src, so it should > not have been removed. However, storing application variables in the > kernel is bogus. Any suggestions on a resolution for this? Should it be resurrected? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message