From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 3 04:45:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA26525 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 04:45:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA26518 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 04:45:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dufault@hda.hda.com) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA11408; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 07:20:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199806031120.HAA11408@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806022311.QAA18267@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jun 2, 98 04:11:06 pm" To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 07:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >I like kernfs; I used to have it installed, but sysctl did end up changing it. > >Frankly, I prefer kernfs to sysctl, unlike John -- sysctl is an interface that > >just cries out for being in the filesystem. (If you don't believe that, then > > I guess since people are giving their opinions, I very much prefer sysctl > over a "kernfs". I come from the school that thinks that filesystems are for > files, not kernel variables. Sorry Dennis. While we're giving opinions: I disagree and think the general interface to a hierarchical namespace such as sysctl should be via file system. The details are another issue - one variable per file is a bit much, maybe at the bottom of the hierarchy it should be a single file. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message