Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 06:49:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47920 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201512290649.tBT6ng0T015361@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Tue Dec 29 06:49:42 2015 New Revision: 47920 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47920 Log: Add report on improvements to sysctl from cem It now supports fixed-width integer types, and the command-line utility can display type information for returned values with -t Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Tue Dec 29 06:43:26 2015 (r47919) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Tue Dec 29 06:49:42 2015 (r47920) @@ -163,4 +163,53 @@ </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>Sysctl enhancements</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Conrad</given> + <common>Meyer</common> + </name> + <email>cem@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Ravi</given> + <common>Pokala</common> + </name> + <email>rpokala@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Marcelo</given> + <common>Araujo</common> + </name> + <email>araujo@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types#Fixed-width_integer_types">Wikipedia Entry on C99 Fixed-Width Integer Types</url> + <url href="https://bugs.FreeBSD.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203918">sysctl(8) -t Submission PR</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p> This quarter, support was added for fixed-width sysctls + (signed and unsigned 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + integers). The new KPIs are documented in the sysctl(9) manual + page. The sysctl(8) command line tool supports all of the new + types.</p> + + <p>Sysctl(8) gained the '-t' flag, which prints sysctl type + information (the original patch was submitted by Yoshihiro Ota). + This support includes the newly added fixed-width types.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>EMC / Isilon Storage Division</sponsor> + </project> </report>
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