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Date:      Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:33:14 +0100
From:      Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica/Osd OsdTable.c src/sys/sys kernel.h src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf.5 src/share/man/man4 acpi.4
Message-ID:  <20040218103314.GA97643@gvr.gvr.org>
In-Reply-To: <200402161152.44270.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200402140317.i1E3HV6E048159@repoman.freebsd.org> <200402161152.44270.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:52:44AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Friday 13 February 2004 10:17 pm, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > njl         2004/02/13 19:17:30 PST
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/acpica/Osd   OsdTable.c
> >     sys/sys              kernel.h
> >     sys/boot/forth       loader.conf.5
> >     share/man/man4       acpi.4
> >   Log:
> >   Fix hw.acpi.os_name by renaming it to hw.acpi.osname.  The "_name" suffix
> >   is reserved by the loader, and thus any tunable name with that suffix
> > will be silently discarded.
> >
> >   Document this in the header and man page so that other developers do not
> >   develop so many bumps on the head after banging it against the wall.
> >
> >   Detective work by:      Mark Santcroos, grehan
> 
> Aha, cute.  Note that _load, _before, _after, _type, _flags, and _error are 
> also "magic".

As are flags starting with "hint" that do not have a certain sysntax.
In that case the kernel silently renames them to "Hint".

-Guido



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