From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 15 08:54:31 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA22570 for current-outgoing; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:54:31 -0800 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA22559 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:54:23 -0800 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA26197; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:53:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:53:34 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9511151653.AA26197@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: davidg@root.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.c In-Reply-To: <199511151354.FAA00756@corbin.Root.COM> References: <199511151341.AAA05911@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199511151354.FAA00756@corbin.Root.COM> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > The sysctl crap in the Makefile is bogus and should be removed. My kernel > is often not called "/kernel" and pretending that it was is wrong. The bootfile > name should be read-only and the Makefile should not be messing with it. No, the bootfile name should not be read-only; I knew what I was doing when I wrote that code. Yes, the Makefile should not be messing with it. The reason for making the bootfile name not be read-only is to allow LKMs to leave their symbol-files in some convenient place and set kern.bootfile to point there, so that other programs like `modload' and `netstat' are able to find it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant