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Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:22:04 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 293978] [request] [sysctl] Please streamline sysctl names Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:22:04 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: kern X-Bugzilla-Version: Unspecified X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: walter.von.entferndt@posteo.net X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Bug reports List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-bugs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D293978 Bug ID: 293978 Summary: [request] [sysctl] Please streamline sysctl names Product: Base System Version: Unspecified Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: walter.von.entferndt@posteo.net A kind plea to our esteemed developers: please streamline sysctl names. Do we need or want a DIN norm for this? Certainly not! When you create a n= ew sysctl, just stick to a name that similar others use. OBSERVED: different names for the same type of information, e.g. dev.cpu.0.freq_levels could be freq_available like others, e.g. machdep.idle_available. There are some (many?) other discrepancies like th= is. EXPECTED: similar types of information or configuration settings should have similar names. RATIONALE: We can not easily memorize dozens of different names for the same type of information or configuration setting. When we don't use a term regularly, it might be forgotten and be replaced by one that is used more often. Providing streamlined names saves us the time to look up the forgot= ten term. Thx in advance! --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=