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On Apr 23, 2013, at 4:33 AM, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> =
wrote:

>>>=20
>>> If we can't reach an agreement, I'm happy to wrap the relevant bits =
with
>>> an "if (bootverbose)", but I really feel users should have some way =
to
>>> see this information outside of bootverbose.
>> Both da and ada drivers already have sysctl's. It should be trivial =
to add one more, especially if just numeric.
>=20
> Wouldn't camcontrol be a better place for this?


Yes, the forest of CAM sysctl's needs to be trimmed and discouraged from =
growing.  I like Jeremy's original proposal for exposing quirk =
information, and I think that it would be served well via camcontrol, =
not the console or sysctl.

Scott