Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:04:47 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions Message-ID: <199901110512.WAA18140@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:58:53 PST." <199901110458.UAA86420@dingo.cdrom.com>
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>I have a driver for a new peripheral. It's from a vendor that doesn't >want to distribute source code, so the driver comes as a KLD module. >The driver has a number of tuning options, which are exposed via the >sysctl MIB. > >Please explain how I am to find documentation for these tuning options >in the system manpages. If the vendor didn't provide a manual for their object module then the vendor sucks. >Suggest how your approach is better than, for >example, being able to directly ascertain what it is that the tuning >options do using the same tool that I plan to use to adjust them. I personally question this approach which, unless you intend to embed full documentation for the sysctl variable in the kernel, will not adequately describe the value or consequences of adjusting a given parameter. Otherwise, you'll need to either already be knowledgeable about the parameter or look at a man page before taking the plunge. I have no interest in having 319 (current count of number of sysctls??) pages of troff embedded in the kernel image. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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