From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 7 14:50:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498C0106566B for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A998FC16 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:50:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nA7Eo3nG015490 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:50:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nA7Eo3Yd015489; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:50:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:50:03 GMT Message-Id: <200911071450.nA7Eo3Yd015489@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Jilles Tjoelker Cc: Subject: Re: kern/39681: [sysctl] [patch] add hidden kernel boot tunables to sysctl as read-only mib X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jilles Tjoelker List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:50:05 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/39681; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jilles Tjoelker To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net Cc: Subject: Re: kern/39681: [sysctl] [patch] add hidden kernel boot tunables to sysctl as read-only mib Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:46:39 +0100 We seem to have had CTLFLAG_RDTUN/CTLFLAG_TUN for quite a while (added in -CURRENT on Tue Oct 21 16:48:33 2003), which also cause sysctl(8) to tell you you need to edit /boot/loader.conf if you try to set a read-only tunable. Can this be closed now? -- Jilles Tjoelker