Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:29:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, nate@mt.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... Message-ID: <199806052029.NAA02383@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <E0yi2OO-0004LC-00@oak71.doc.ic.ac.uk> from "Niall Smart" at Jun 5, 98 08:43:12 pm
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> } Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... > > > > I think you guys are confusing: > > > > "sysctl, the bogus API for TCP RFC conformance twiddling" > > > > with: > > > > "sysctl, the useful tool for dynamic field reconfiguration > > of experimental code as part of bug resoloution" > > dynamic field reconfiguration -- changing? dynamic (in the field) reconfiguration > experimental code -- this stuff I'm working on? experimental "don't bitch, it's not a permamanet condition" code > as part of bug resolution -- while debugging? while remote debugging via email while a schmuck on the other end plays "sysctl robot" for you... > Oh, you mean "sysctl, the thing I use to help debug this stuff > I'm working on"! > > Well, why didn't you just say so! The "I" in "I use" is not the same as the "I" in "I'm working on". 8-p. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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