From owner-cvs-all Sun Jan 10 23:01:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA17208 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:01:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA17199 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:01:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA03873; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:26:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from s204m82.isp.whistle.com(207.76.204.82) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpdDw3859; Mon Jan 11 06:26:26 1999 Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:26:24 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer X-Sender: julian@s204m82.isp.whistle.com To: "Justin T. Gibbs" cc: Mike Smith , Brian Somers , committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl descriptions In-Reply-To: <199901110512.WAA18140@pluto.plutotech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Justin says: > 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. firstly 1 one-liner is usually all you need. secondly, it could contain (see foobar(4)) julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message