From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 4 17:07:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13413 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:07:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA12978; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:06:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00859; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:05:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806050005.TAA00859@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806042349.RAA05681@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jun 4, 98 05:49:40 pm" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:05:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, nate@mt.sri.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nate Williams said: > > > Do I have permission to start removing sysctl's that aren't > > > documented/used? > > > > > No, in fact, I specifcally suggest that if you do, then you'll > > be obstructing progress on the project. > > I specifically suggest that undocumented sysctls are *NOT* progress. > (BTW, what exactly is specifically suggest supposed to mean. Is it like > 'strong suggest', or 'strongly feel'?) > I suggest that you are welcome to document the sysctl's. Since you seem to be able to choose which ones are valid, and which ones are not, you can certainly document them. Please don't decline my request, because I'll have to end up fixing any of your breakage, and it is terribly wasteful of both of our time. BTW, please don't waste my time. If you want sysctl better documented, then there is a nice project for you!!! I'll even feed answers to your questions for you to fill in the fields. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message