From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 4 22:10:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00662 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:10:55 -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 WAA00646 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:10:39 -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 XAA00677; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:10:31 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id XAA07054; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:10:29 -0600 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:10:29 -0600 Message-Id: <199806050510.XAA07054@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: dg@root.com Cc: Nate Williams , mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806050357.UAA04724@implode.root.com> References: <199806042332.RAA05525@mt.sri.com> <199806050357.UAA04724@implode.root.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >I think of sysctl as a bunch of big global variable, or OPTIONS in the > >kernel config file. If it isn't documented, it isn't needed. > > That's just being silly and you know it. How is it any different? Some of the sysctl parameters are things that were once options, so I'm being factual. > >Do I have permission to start removing sysctl's that aren't > >documented/used? > > You're welcome to remove them from your own sources, but commiting those > changes is a real good way to lose your commit privileges. Thanks for the threat. I ask for permission and get spanked. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message