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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=
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, 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...

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