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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