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To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>
Subject: Re: SysctlFS 
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:45:10 +0200."
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:47:34 -0700
From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
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	Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:45:10 +0200
	From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.ORG>
	To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>
	Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
	Subject: Re: SysctlFS

	On Wed, Jul 12, 2000, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:
	> Hi,
	> 
	> I've been tweaking the sysctls here and there for some time
	> now, and I'd like to see what is the current opinion on
	> implementing sysctl tree as a filesystem. Most of the work
	> I've done with dynamic sysctls is very similar to what
	> happens with filesystem. Also, filesystem model allows for
	> much more fine-grained access control.
	> 

If you are still interested in doing this, see `man kernfs'
which is a prototype of a filesystem designed to show (and 
in some cases modify) kernel information.

	Kirk McKusick


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