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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:20:01 -0700
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, yongari@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r211594 - head/sys/dev/bge
Message-ID:  <20100822022001.GC1090@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100821.201042.802415220773306162.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 08:10:42PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20100822012433.GB1090@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
>             Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> writes:
> : On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:13:34PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > In message: <201008212313.o7LNDGpH083604@svn.freebsd.org>
> : >             Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : > : Author: yongari
> : > : Date: Sat Aug 21 23:13:16 2010
> : > : New Revision: 211594
> : > : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/211594
> : > : 
> : > : Log:
> : > :   Load tunable from loader.conf(5) instead of device.hints(5).
> : > 
> : > Why the move?
> : > 
> : 
> : Because bge(4) man page didn't mention device.hints. The tunable
> : could be set via sysctl or loader.
> 
> It's just that our other drivers use the hints mechanism.
> 
> Of course, you could easily set either of these in either loader.conf
> or device.hints...  They are basically the same thing...
> 

Yes, but hints requires "hint" string to be present before
driver.unit.keyword string which is not the same syntax of sysctl
variable.

> Warner



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