Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 10:16:42 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf param.c src/sys/kern subr_param.c kern_mib.c src/sys/sys systm.h Message-ID: <20010729101642.D68202@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200107282249.f6SMnLw25589@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 04:49:21PM -0600 References: <20010728140844.B27582@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20010727162625.7262738FE@overcee.netplex.com.au> <200107282058.f6SKvwJ02435@mass.dis.org> <20010728140844.B27582@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <200107282249.f6SMnLw25589@harmony.village.org>
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On Saturday, 28 July 2001 at 16:49:21 -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <20010728140844.B27582@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Brooks Davis writes: >> One suggestion here. It would be nice if this file listed every tunable >> even if they are documented elseware. Just a simple "see pcic(4)" or >> was ever would be nice. That way there's one place to start when you >> go "WTF is this hw.ata.wc thing?" > > Well, there's always: > > hw.ata > see ata(4) > > hw.pcic > see pcic(4) > > hw.something-else > The something else option controls when something happens. It does seem to make sense to have a cross-reference in sysctl(8). I think it needs to be more than this level, too. More like: hw.ata sysctls relating to the ATA driver. See ata(4). hw.ata.ata_dma Control DMA transfers. hw.ata.wc Control write caching hw.ata.tags Control tagged queueing hw.ata.atapi_dma Control DMA for ATAPI CD-ROMs. etc. Just referring to another man page doesn't give an adequate overview. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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