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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: charnier@lirmm.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: sysctl(3) in kernel modules.
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>The question is: Can I replace it by __sysctl ? Is this THE right choice
>when -DKERNEL.

It isn't right.  __sysctl() requires lots of magic initialization, possibly
including faking kernel space to be user space so that copyin() works.

Use part of version[].

Bruce