Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:57:39 +0200 (MET DST) From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@surf.IAE.nl> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: SYSCTL ....... Message-ID: <199807231057.MAA10857@surf.IAE.nl>
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Hi, I was working on variant links ....... Then I needed to expand the sysctl-naming space ...... So I started looking into how to do that dynamicly ...... Turns out most of it is created by hardcoded structed which are joined in what I consider a gruesome hack with linker-sets. I've already started thinking on what I would have build. (and actually started desiging some of the code) Until I just dicsussed some of the issues with some people here. And one of the questions is: Why did Mike Karels create such a difficult way of doing this? There has to be a reason for it! What I did has some complexity in it, but it does require a PD to come up with a decend structure. Or question: Are other people looking into this? How far are they? Am I free to redo the sysctl stuff as long as I can create a glue function between the old and new systemcall? And the most important: Any body with suggestions and/or pitfalls to avoid? --WjW -- Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2 393 393, data: +31-40-2 606 606 P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. Call now, and login as 'new'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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