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From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: sysctl filesystem ?
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Hi,

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I find myself in a situation where I need to directly explore the
>> sysctl(8) tree from my program. The tricky part is this:
>
> There is this:
>
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/releng/4.7/sys/miscfs/kernfs/
>
yes, `kernfs' is mentioned in some of the thread about a sysctl
filesystem as a potential code base, and has been used in such
purpose. However, if I can avoid to re-design that wheel too, by
getting access to scfs(4) code, I will.

 - Arnaud

> --
> Adam Vande More