Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 20:51:43 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: perhaps@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM system info Message-ID: <199712080151.UAA00245@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <867m9gpsts.fsf@bitbox.follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Dec 8, 97 01:43:59 am"
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Eivind Eklund said: > > I'm going to be extremely politically incorrect here: > That is perfectly okay :-). I think we are all supposed to discuss, and not just rubber-stamp :-). > > I want this info in the kernel. At the very least, I want > documentation as a part of the SYSCTL_*() macro parameters, unused but > available as a (mandatory) part of the source - better would be as a > part of the kernel that can be compiled away by setting a kernel > option (e.g. NO_SYSCTL_DOCS). > The biggest problem with that is the size of the "documentation." I agree that it would be a good idea to document everything. Internally would be nice (I guess), because it would tend to stay better in sync. Some kind of literate programming scheme would be interesting also. > > I don't care about the amount of hardwired memory it wastes - memory > is extremely cheap, people's time aren't. > I understand, since it is likely that all of the internal strings wouldn't be larger than say 64K, that is a drop in the bucket for the system, and could be disabled anyway. I just don't know what to think about your notion, it *might* be a good idea for the kernel. I know that the sysctls can be tedious to wade through, and some of the features might not be clear. I don't know what the rest of the other FreeBSD developers think about this idea, and it would be a good idea to get more input. All I know is that now when people run out of swap space, I can tell them the sysctl to turn paging off :-). Then they won't try to use any more :-). -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
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