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Date:      Wed, 9 May 2012 17:27:51 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net>
Cc:        "hackers@FreeBSD.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Thoughts about kenv emulating sysctl
Message-ID:  <CAGH67wT%2BuMQZt=mNfvfBcqG5wpEoQd-AMCTv3HB-xMkN%2BUc=vA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120510010258.2653aeea.ray@ddteam.net>
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Hi Aleksandr!

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 May 2012 09:05:47 -0700
> Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote:

...

> Hi Garret,
>
> I use it for embedded, kenv is good transport shared by loader, kernel
> and userland (since there is no RW storages).

Indeed.

> IMO, kenv != sysctl, so we not need to match sysctl. But backwards
> 'compatibility' is good reason to select second way.

Which is what I figured; I favored the latter course at first and
developed my patch based on that mindset, because I know people hate
it when backwards compatibility is broken :) (in all fairness I'm
generally one of them).

Thanks!
-Garrett



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