From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 4 17:47:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21533 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:47:16 -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 RAA21482; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:46:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01103; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:46:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806050046.TAA01103@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806042222.QAA04845@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jun 4, 98 04:22:53 pm" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:46:36 -0500 (EST) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, nate@mt.sri.com, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, 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: > > I argue shouldn't be exposed to the users then. If it's exposed, it > should be documented. In other words, sysctl should go away since very > few (if any) of it's knobs are documented except accidentally. > Send-pr each individual sysctl, and responsible parties can fix them, and they can be prioritized. Changing things that you aren't responsible for is irresponsible. -- 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