Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:53:40 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Alfonso Siciliano <alfix86@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kern_sysctl.c interface Message-ID: <885.1552506820@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfo8v6O%2BcJqOFu87ReiTTJxQJxX8YZgj8RBygy9Nb_FEEw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20190313013530.d96fc84c362bb489178357eb@gmail.com> <78358.1552464694@critter.freebsd.dk> <CANCZdfo8v6O%2BcJqOFu87ReiTTJxQJxX8YZgj8RBygy9Nb_FEEw@mail.gmail.com>
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-------- In message <CANCZdfo8v6O+cJqOFu87ReiTTJxQJxX8YZgj8RBygy9Nb_FEEw@mail.gmail= .com> , Warner Losh writes: >> > * This interface is under work and consideration, and should probably >> > * be killed with a big axe by the first person who can find the time. >> > * (be aware though, that the proper interface isn't as obvious as it >> > * may seem, there are various conflicting requirements. >> >> I think that is a comment I added more than 20 years ago because we, >> or at least I, wondered if the sysctl-OID tree should be moved to >> something SNMP-OID compatible. >> >> I dont know of anything happening after that. > >I suspect after 20ish years the comment can be removed, eh? Well, it's still a butt-ugly and inefficient interface... -- = Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe = Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence= .
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