From owner-freebsd-doc Thu May 16 19:10:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA28538 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 19:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA28419; Thu, 16 May 1996 19:09:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id DAA09696; Fri, 17 May 1996 03:08:56 +0100 (BST) To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: sysctl parameters Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 03:08:54 +0100 Message-ID: <9694.832298934@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [CC: hackers as although this is a doc issue, I think some people on hackers could help ... ] You know, it would be good if someone (or a group) could document what all the different sysctl parameters do. I'm particularly mystified by what some of the net.* parameters do and would love an explanation which doesn't involve trying to unravel several hundred K of source code. If someone would care to explain them to me (or have an e-mail convo with me explaining the terms I don't understand) I would be willing to try and write a handbook section on it, but as it stands, I'd be lucky to correctly document half of the sysctl parameters. Thanks Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.