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Date:      Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:50:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        mike@dingo.cdrom.com (Mike Smith)
Cc:        dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernfs/procfs questions...
Message-ID:  <199806021650.LAA02867@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199806020158.SAA02616@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jun 1, 98 06:58:12 pm"

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Mike Smith said:
> 
> Sure; but can't these sort of improvements be made to the methods for 
> manipulating procfs nodes?  What other drawbacks are there to the FS 
> model?
> 
It is bogus that writing to a file "controls" something inside
the system, that is kind-of what SNMP is for.  Now, if someone
wants a kernfs that is compatible with our sysctl, they should
be able to use the sysctl info to build the kernfs. 

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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