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From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: "Vladimir B.  Grebenschikov" <vova@sw.ru>
Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: DDB sysctl function
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VERY COOL!

On 8 Oct 2002, Vladimir B.  Grebenschikov wrote:

> Hi 
> 
> Attached diff introduces new ddb interface - access to sysctl interface 
> 
> sysctl  - read sysctl value 
> sysctlw - write sysctl value 
> 
> Example: 
> 
> Translate string to sysctl MIB: 
> 
> db> sysctlw 0.3 hw\.model 
> 0xcd1aaeec: 6 2 
> db> 
> 
> Now get string by this MIB: 
> 
> db> sysctl 6.2 s 
> 0xcd1ab24: Pentium II/Pentium II Xenon/Celeron 
> db> 
> 
> Or get vm.kvm_free 
> db> sysctlw 0.3 vm\.kvm_free 
> 0xcd1aaeec: 2	2da 
> db> sysctl 2.2da 
> 0xcd1ab2f4: 3800000 
> db> 
> 
> This interface useful to inspect/change data easy accessible through
> sysctl and hard accessible directly (say dynamic sysctl-mapped data, or
> sysctl-mapped fields in complex structures).
> 
> Comments appreciated. 
> 
> -- 
> Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
> vova@sw.ru, SWsoft, Inc.
> 


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