From owner-cvs-all Tue May 19 05:11:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA27592 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 05:11:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA27564; Tue, 19 May 1998 05:10:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA01495; Tue, 19 May 1998 14:09:10 +0200 (CEST) To: Bruce Evans cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, ahasty@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, roger@cs.strath.ac.uk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci brooktree848.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 May 1998 21:59:43 +1000." <199805191159.VAA19174@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:09:10 +0200 Message-ID: <1493.895579750@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199805191159.VAA19174@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans writes: >>It sure will be nice to have a uniform way to configure the kernel and its >>modules ala sysctl rather than having to remember N "hairy device specific" >>programs. > >Can't be done. Devices are inherently hairy. But that doesn't have to be reflected meticiously in the config mechanism. sysctl can be expanded to handle dynmic nodes, which LKMs and device drivers alike could benefit from. There are some minor issues to work out, but otherwise it's just a Small Matter Of Programming (tm) -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message