Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 01:55:13 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add timecounter option to rc.conf Message-ID: <200304110155.13446.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <30340.1049663478@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <30340.1049663478@critter.freebsd.dk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sunday 06 April 2003 14:11, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <xzpu1dbs8b5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav
writes:
> >"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.
>
> I on the other hand think that by now /etc/rc.conf has so many knobs
> and handles that it is practically impossible to figure out how to
> do anything without resorting to "less /etc/rc.*" to figure it out :-(
We could always write a nice GTK+ application that edits it for you...
/me ducks and hides
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200304110155.13446.wes>