Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:23:48 -0400 From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@freebsd.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> Cc: audit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl -> sysctl -w Message-ID: <200205061423.g46ENmU18421@green.bikeshed.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 May 2002 08:12:05 -0000." <20020506081205.4E1DB3E5C@turbine.trit.org>
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Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> wrote: > Since the sysctl -w option was deprecated, we've occasionally seen > commits that remove its usage from various parts of the tree. Instead > of seeing this go on in piecemeal, I'd like to fix most of them in one > commit. The following patch fixes this everywhere except contrib/, > some of the KAME stuff (it should stay there, since KAME supports > other BSDs, which still require -w), and some stuff that's still on a > vendor branch (share/doc/smm and some stuff in picobsd; I didn't think > it was worth taking it off for something like this). > > If anyone knows why I shouldn't commit this, please speak up. > > Thanks. > > Index: UPDATING > =================================================================== > RCS file: /ref/cvsf/src/UPDATING,v > retrieving revision 1.203 > diff -u -r1.203 UPDATING > --- UPDATING 25 Apr 2002 14:41:39 -0000 1.203 > +++ UPDATING 6 May 2002 07:57:59 -0000 > @@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ > If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they > don't work well. Use pio mode instead. The easiest way to > cope if you have a problem combination is to add: > - /sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio > + /sbin/sysctl hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio > to the start of /etc/rc.conf. > > 20000319: I don't think you should commit that part. It's for the past, anyway. Heck, the sysctl doesn't even exist anymore ;-) -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org <> bfeldman@tislabs.com \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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