Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:46:48 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/tools/tools README src/tools/tools/sysdoc Makefile sysctl.sh sysdoc.sh tunables.mdoc Message-ID: <20050301.094648.85230660.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <86oee3lec6.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200503010548.j215mb76008715@repoman.freebsd.org> <86oee3lec6.fsf@xps.des.no>
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) writes:
: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > Log:
: > Add sysdoc, a small set of scripts which will parse a kernel binary and
: > modules to rip out the available sysctls. It will then produce a manual
: > page which may be installed with 'make install'. Currently typing 'make'
: > in the directory uses the default /boot/kernel files. To use a specific
: > directory, run sysdoc -k [location].
:
: Neat!
:
: While you're there, could you take a look at tunables, and maybe have
: sysdoc emit warnings for tunables that don't have a corresponding
: sysctl node, like kern.hz?
Maybe we should have sysctl nodes for them, even if they are only
read-only. I know that helps when I get bug reports from the field...
Warner
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