Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:05:04 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c Message-ID: <199901310705.PAA02086@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:29:23 %2B1100." <199901310629.RAA24135@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > >> > Log: > >> > Add a new sysctl node kern.shutdown, off which shutdown-related things > >> > can be hung. > >> > >> WHy have a whole hierarchy for this? The old kern-level variable > >> kern.shutdown_timeout was so important that it was never used. > > > >I did, and I suspect that other people that ran things like squid certainly > >did too. > > Actually, it was actually used by init(8) even in /usr/src, so it should > not have been removed. However, storing application variables in the > kernel is bogus. Well, yes, it would be better in the init(8) control file. If we had an inittab style file this would be easy as it's a general purpose launcher/ sequencer. However, we've got the braindead tty-specific ttys file which is painfully connected to the layout of the utmp file. :-( > Bruce Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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