From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 11 22:42:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F7E14F9A for ; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:42:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: from current1.whiste.com (current1.whistle.com [207.76.205.22]) by alpo.whistle.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA77398; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:42:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:42:25 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: John Robert LoVerso , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modules and sysctl tree In-Reply-To: <92094.944950375@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Linux have basically done this in their procfs. On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Use a similar hack: map the sysctl tree to the filesystem (ala kernfs) and > > then stat the directory nodes. > > AAIEEEEEE! sysctlfs!! :-) > > It's an interesting idea and I'm not sure why it also horrifies me at > some inner, almost cellular, level. If somebody's actually willing to > do the work of creating such a thing, however, I'll probably get over > it. :) > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message