Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:08:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908161906210.14899-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <72144.934841588@localhost>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> I kinda like the idea of a top-level compat category; it will keep the
> top level uncluttered when sysv and iBCS compatibility start requiring
> their own knobs, and if you put linux at the top level this will later
> be used as justification for putting all the other "compat" stuff up
> there too. I think it's a slippery slope.
>
> - Jordan
>
This is the most convincing argument so far. It's got my vote. One
caveat: let's _please_ not use capitalization in the MIB tree as
much as possible. Just like the ports, it makes things easier on
everyone if we use lower-case (compat.linux, compat.ibcs2,
compat.svr4.)
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