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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/sys sysctl.h src/sys/kern
         kern_sysctl.c src/sys/i386/conf LINT
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phk         1999/01/09 23:45:33 PST

  Modified files:
    sys/conf             options 
    sys/sys              sysctl.h 
    sys/kern             kern_sysctl.c 
    sys/i386/conf        LINT 
  Log:
  Back out last change to sysctl.
  
  It was nay'ed before committing on the grounds that this is not
  the way to do it, and has been decided as such several times in
  the past.
  
  There is not point in loading gobs of ascii into the kernel when
  the only use of that ascii is presentation to the user.
  
  Next thing we'd be adding all section 4 man pages to the loaded
  kernel as well.
  
  The argument about KLD's is bogus, klds can store a file in
  /usr/share/doc/sysctl/dev/foo/thisvar.txt with a description and
  sysctl or other facilities can pick it up there.
  
  Proper documentation will take several K worth of text for many
  sysctl variables, we don't want that in the kernel under any
  circumstances.
  
  I will welcome any well thought out attempt at improving the
  situation wrt. sysctl documentation, but this wasn't it.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.116     +0 -1      src/sys/conf/options
  1.70      +0 -10     src/sys/sys/sysctl.h
  1.83      +2 -47     src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
  1.531     +0 -3      src/sys/i386/conf/LINT

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