From owner-svn-src-user@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 16:11:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-user@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30B6CB48; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ermal.luci@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-f54.google.com (mail-qa0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 899AD8FC0C; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:11:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id g24so1803733qab.13 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:11:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=S05Oer6PPrPlTxmIap8OigPVSbAjvAP1bQr2T7Rh/UM=; b=IKjQX5qIXbMyhDhG0aIV8IbQhZtRcsXYP0xMWcNEcnwpPmTXQac2Vw3/XTfa1L9SAt /+LHJCQWoFBTC4WepoUYyeVVqMsxk35oFFh71RMM3M8HXqTuk9oSktpqElogPkan75hL O8rq0RpuWWzeVPOKeRbKVrCQ3Ztgj4gCreyBliUQAw7Q/NYpWq4EEVK+OV/Szii9Ixor R9Z3uZRt2ds/ll8BibsUjEJ4fonsFoFCID+hG3igKEH6ScgW3/gUIaaiSeEQjRvtdvTs Y52U6ecHPO7vbcpLkWKaqiqXLuwcKxxkmESnMpO8d1SOmmsESIEkThwblU+gMLdNE5Lf MbKA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.48.111 with SMTP id k15mr4767747qen.28.1353687071874; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:11:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: ermal.luci@gmail.com Received: by 10.49.121.163 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:11:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121123152741.GZ84121@FreeBSD.org> References: <201211231453.qANErSKF034907@svn.freebsd.org> <20121123152741.GZ84121@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:11:11 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PLllzn9visGLzxQQ7JGhJrbh2dY Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r243458 - in user/andre/tcp_workqueue/sys: net netinet From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ermal_Lu=E7i?= To: Gleb Smirnoff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Andre Oppermann , svn-src-user@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-src-user@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the experimental " user" src tree" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:11:13 -0000 On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > Frankly speaking, the fact that the list can't be set directly > in one sysctl oid: > > sysctl net.inet.pfil_in.hooks="pf,ipfw,ipfilter" > > , but can only be set via suppling pointless numeric values to N > oids looks very poor from perspective of an average user. He might > think something like "oh, FreeBSD developers were too lazy to parse > a string", or "they designed an interface not for people but for nerds". > > Interface must be easier! If you don't like parsing strings in kernel, > then /sbin/pfilctl can be introduced. The utility eventually may grow > more functionality. > I already gave a link to already existing patch for this. Not sure why andre@ decided the other way around. -- Ermal