Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:25:32 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, chris@calldei.com, Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h Message-ID: <199911292325.SAA41118@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <99Nov30.101104est.40338@border.alcanet.com.au> References: <19991129160908.J2233@holly.calldei.com> <23833.943913718@critter.freebsd.dk> <99Nov30.101104est.40338@border.alcanet.com.au>
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<<On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:18:17 +1100, Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> said:
> I have been looking at this. What I want to do is expand
> struct sysctl_oid to include a `pointer' to the (non-resident)
> sysctl description (and a pointer to the loaded filename to
> support sysctl's in KLDs). A new "staff-function" (eg
> sysctl({0,6,...},...)) would return the description "pointer"
> and the filename.
I think it may be easier and more efficient to simply leave ``bread
crumbs'' in the non-loaded section, and have a kvm_mkdb-style utility
turn them into a database.
-GAWollman
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