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Date:      Fri, 9 May 2008 18:26:45 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@fromme.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c
Message-ID:  <20080510012645.GV32532@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200805090908.m4998KvB007397@haluter.fromme.com>
References:  <200805090742.m497g3qL054749@repoman.freebsd.org> <200805090908.m4998KvB007397@haluter.fromme.com>

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* Oliver Fromme <olli@fromme.com> [080509 02:08] wrote:
> 
> Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
>  >   Modified files:
>  >     sys/kern             subr_param.c 
>  >   Log:
>  >   - Export HZ value via kern.hz sysctl (this is the same name as for the
>  >     loader tunable).
> 
> It's probably just me, but I don't see the usefulness of
> this.  The HZ value is already exported via kern.clockrate.
> (I'm not saying the change is wrong, I'm just looking for
> an explanation.)
> 
> (On the other hand, how about exporting the value of the
> kernel variable "ticks"?  Just a thought.)

I've exported 'ticks' before for local hacks, it was useful, making it exported
in FreeBSD would be a good idea.

-- 
- Alfred Perlstein



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