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From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org>
To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au,
	Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, chris@calldei.com,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h
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On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 11:38:47AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> writes:
> > On 1999-Nov-30 09:15:18 +1100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > >priority 2:
> > >	Make it possible to extract the strings sysctl -d
> > I have been looking at this.  What I want to do is expand
> > struct sysctl_oid to include a `pointer' to the (non-resident)
> > sysctl description (and a pointer to the loaded filename to
> > support sysctl's in KLDs).  A new "staff-function" (eg
> > sysctl({0,6,...},...)) would return the description "pointer"
> > and the filename.
> 
> Good luck. I implemented just that about a year ago. It was ripped out
> with extreme prejudice by a certain axe-wielding Dane whose name
> appears near the top of this mail.

Nope.  You implemented it using resident strings, which was AFAIR
remember why phk ripped it out (though in doing so, he referenced a
maintainer's right I'm not sure I whether I agree with or not.)

Eivind.


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