From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 16 15:35:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9928415599 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:35:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01266; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:30:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908162230.PAA01266@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrzej Bialecki Cc: Mike Smith , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:28:58 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:30:09 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Given that "ABI" is a bit obscure, kern.compat is the only sensible > > choice. > > One one hand you're right (it is a compatibility stub) but OTOH it is also > a kernel module... ;-) > > Perhaps modules like this will want to have their stuff in BOTH places, > i.e. in kernel.compat and in kernel.modules, depending what the given > sysctl does. Tuning parameters should be organised by function, not by implementation. (Otherwise, think for a moment about a parameter that's used in more than one place...) -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message