From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 4 17:48:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21738 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:48:37 -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 RAA21625; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:48:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01092; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:44:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806050044.TAA01092@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806050022.SAA05903@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jun 4, 98 06:22:10 pm" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:44:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, nate@mt.sri.com, 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? > > > > > > 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. > Why don't you just stay away from the kernel, and work on things that you understand? -- 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