From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 11 17:31: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF63537B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:31:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from canning.wemm.org (canning.wemm.org [192.203.228.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4A743F85 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:31:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by canning.wemm.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86B6F2A8C2; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:31:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Nicolas Souchu Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dynamic hints In-Reply-To: <20030211234456.E15385@armor.fastether> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:31:04 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20030212013104.86B6F2A8C2@canning.wemm.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nicolas Souchu wrote: > > Is that possible to change hints once booted? > > I noticed in the archive it was planned but none of the man pages > refer to such a feature. > > Any patch around? Yes, sort-of. kenv(8) can change the strings. But I suspect it is too late for something like isa since I think it would have done a pass at boot to create the attachment nodes. But as configuration knobs for drivers that want to examine a string directly via getenv() etc, those would not be too late. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message