From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 4 17:22:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16513 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:22:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16391; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:22:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA28404; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:22:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA05903; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:22:10 -0600 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:22:10 -0600 Message-Id: <199806050022.SAA05903@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), nate@mt.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806050001.TAA00828@dyson.iquest.net> References: <199806042232.PAA02556@dingo.cdrom.com> <199806050001.TAA00828@dyson.iquest.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Do I have permission to start removing sysctl's that aren't > > > documented/used? > > > > I would be more inclined to suggest an evenhanded review; if you can't > > obtain documentation on one, then hash it out with UNDOCUMENTED_SYSCTLS > > and wait for someone to complain. Silence would sound like acceptance > > to me. > > > Nope, let's not create more work for the people really working on FreeBSD > than the armchair quarterbacks like Nate. If you aren't willing to document them, then it's not FreeBSD. It's JohnBSD, since John is the only person who makes use of them. FreeBSD is for everyone, not just John. Don't waste everyone's time trying to wade through stuff that has no relevance in their kernel. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message