From owner-cvs-sys Mon Mar 4 22:41:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-cvs-sys Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA15492 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:41:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA15439 Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:41:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0ttqQx-0003vrC; Mon, 4 Mar 96 22:41 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id GAA02306; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 06:41:21 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Peter Wemm , J Wunsch , gpalmer@freefall.freebsd.org (Gary Palmer), CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf LINT src/sys/kern subr_prf.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 Mar 1996 16:20:35 PST." <24493.825985235@time.cdrom.com> Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 06:41:19 +0000 Message-ID: <2304.826008079@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > I agree.. It is amazingly simple to add sysctl variables after PHK's upgrad e > > of the sysctl code. It's now as simple as adding two (or three) lines to t he > > code.. One #include, an int variable and a SYSCTL_INT(.. OID_AUTO..) line. > > Hmmmm. Can you add new variables at runtime, or is an NT-style > registry still going to be a necessary evil for unifying the kernel > dynamic information? I have a prototype of the dynamic sysctl code, it's not quite what I want and I still have some panic-style bugs in it, but it's on the way. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.