From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 5 13:30:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA06758 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:30:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (daemon@smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06643; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:30:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12355; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:30:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd012315; Fri Jun 5 13:30:07 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA02383; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:29:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199806052029.NAA02383@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... To: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:29:55 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, nate@mt.sri.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Niall Smart" at Jun 5, 98 08:43:12 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] 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 > } 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