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Date:      Sun, 06 Apr 2003 22:02:54 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Add timecounter option to rc.conf
Message-ID:  <xzpu1dbs8b5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <29167.1049656568@critter.freebsd.dk> ("Poul-Henning Kamp"'s message of "Sun, 06 Apr 2003 21:16:08 %2B0200")
References:  <29167.1049656568@critter.freebsd.dk>

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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> In message <xzp1y0fmpb5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes:
> > The attached patch adds a timecounter option to rc.conf and an rc.d
> > script to handle it.
> What's wrong with using /etc/sysctl.conf for this ?

Partly because I believe that the choice of timecounter hardware is
sufficiently important to the performance and correct operation of the
system to warrant its own rc.conf knob, and partly because I hate the
"configuration diaspora" of which sysctl.conf is a prime example.

(another such example is ntp.conf - the needs of most ntpd users can
be met with an ntp.conf generated automatically from information which
is already present in rc.conf)

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org



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