Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 18:47:34 -0700 From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SysctlFS Message-ID: <200007270147.SAA16199@beastie.mckusick.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:45:10 %2B0200." <20000712144510.A11316@ywing.creative.net.au>
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:45:10 +0200 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SysctlFS On Wed, Jul 12, 2000, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Hi, > > I've been tweaking the sysctls here and there for some time > now, and I'd like to see what is the current opinion on > implementing sysctl tree as a filesystem. Most of the work > I've done with dynamic sysctls is very similar to what > happens with filesystem. Also, filesystem model allows for > much more fine-grained access control. > If you are still interested in doing this, see `man kernfs' which is a prototype of a filesystem designed to show (and in some cases modify) kernel information. Kirk McKusick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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