From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 11 8: 4:44 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 08:04:42 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ringworld.nanolink.com (pool249-tch-1.Sofia.0rbitel.net [212.95.170.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4095F37B402 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:04:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 2768 invoked by uid 1000); 11 Dec 2000 16:03:47 -0000 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:03:46 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: eye-candy hack - warp_saver changing direction :) Message-ID: <20001211180346.C606@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Mail-Followup-To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001211161847.A606@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from des@ofug.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:01:22PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:01:22PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Peter Pentchev writes: > > This one defines two sysctl's - kern.warp_dir (zero to roll to the left, > > non-zero to roll the other way), and kern.warp_period (number of iterations > > before changing direction). The warp_period is measured in.. seconds, isn't > > it - how often the saver is called to do its dance.. > > kern.* is not the right place for this. It should go in user.*, unless > that is reserved for userland, in which case a subtree of kern.* is > probably the Right Thing. Yes, I was wondering about user.*, but I decided it was reserved for userland. OK, I'll put it in a subtree. How does kern.ss.warp.* sound? Or kern.saver.warp.*? Or maybe even kern.syscons.saver.warp.*? (oif!) G'luck, Peter -- You have, of course, just begun reading the sentence that you have just finished reading. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message