Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 11:34:30 -0700 From: Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [acpi-jp 2381] Re: Updated ec-burst.diff patch Message-ID: <FBE08C9E-AD84-11D7-AD8C-000393DA4D30@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307031055070.78043-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307031055070.78043-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 10:59 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> It makes sense to export the values set by tunables into the sysctl >> MIB, but by their >> very nature they're not suitable for conversion to sysctls. >> >> = Mike > > So is what you are saying... > > "tuneables should be converted at boot to read-only sysctls?" No. A tunable is just a mechanism for setting a variable very early in the boot process. A sysctl is a mechanism for getting/setting a variable while the system is running. It makes sense to attach both to variables of interest. > I can imagine some things that could be changed again once running, > so maybe it would not be a cast in iron thing... There is probably a class of variables that may need to be tuned before the system is up to the point where rc.sysctl runs, yes. = Mike -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
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