From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 5 20:15:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA23968 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:15:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA23962 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:15:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA02934; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:44:52 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708060314.MAA02934@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Registry reviewers? In-Reply-To: <199708051050.MAA26530@truk.brandinnovators.com> from Hans Zuidam at "Aug 5, 97 12:50:57 pm" To: hans@brandinnovators.com (Hans Zuidam) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:44:52 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hans Zuidam stands accused of saying: > > Michael Smith wrote: > > If I were to just slip it in parallel with the sysctl code, would anyone > > notice? 8) > Forgive my ignorance, but what does the registery code actually do that > cannot be done with sysctl? Is this "in general" or "specifically"? The most significant differences are that it uses method-based access to data, ie. the node supplies methods rather than a data pointer, and it tries harder to hide the innards of the data storage from the consumer. > Hans -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[