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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 23:35:59 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci brooktree848.c
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>> It sure will be nice to have a uniform way to configure the kernel and its
>> modules ala sysctl rather than having to remember N "hairy device specific" 
>> programs.
>
>There is that, Bruce.  Are you really arguing that it's more natural
>to have a ccdcontrol and a pppcontrol and a rndcontrol and a
>foocontrol and a ... than it is to have a handful of sysctl variables?

No, I'm arguing that it is more natural to have a ccdcontrol and etc.
than it it is to have a ccd sysctl and a ppp sysctl and a rnd sysctl
and a foo sysctl and a ..., each with its own more than a handful of
sub-variables, each with its own kludges to handle multiple units and
each with its own kludges to recover device attributes.

Bruce