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From: "Thordur I. Bjornsson" <thib@mi.is>
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Subject: Checking sysctl values from within the kernel.
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Hello list.

If I want to check a sysctl value from within the kernel (e.g. an KLD),
should I use the system calls described in sysctl(3) ?

If not, what is the propper way to do so ?

And if it is and I want to do error checking e.g:

if((sysctl(name, namelen, &val, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
	"Error in call to sysctl(3) blah blah blah";
}

What would be the correct way to report,stop, &c ?
This is propaply depentand on what I'm doing so...

If this is A&A I'm sorry for the noize, I have not been able to find
anything on google/archives. (It's late ;)

-- 
Thordur I.	<bzthib@gmail.com>
Humppa!