From owner-cvs-all Mon Nov 15 13:24: 8 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B499314BD5; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:23:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA00435; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 23:23:28 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199911152123.XAA00435@gratis.grondar.za> To: Garrett Wollman Cc: Peter Wemm , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/syscons scmouse.c src/sys/i386/conf options.i386 src/sys/alpha/conf options.alpha Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 23:23:28 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > < said: > > > I would think a sysctl option would be better still as that's easily > > changed at runtime.. > > No, if you're changing it at runtime it should be an ioctl. It rarely changes; it would be (effectively) a boot option 99.9% of the time, except where someone wants to be clever, wants do debug, or in rare cases has another specific task in mind. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message