Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:29:40 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: per-device sysctls Message-ID: <xzp7jy9lmnf.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040226.112045.82374099.imp@bsdimp.com> (M. Warner Losh's message of "Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:20:45 -0700 (MST)") References: <xzpk729lnq7.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040226.112045.82374099.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
> How is this different than the sysctl stuff that already exsists for
> this and is accessed by devinfo?
1) it is immensely easier to access
2) it gives drivers a well-defined place to put their per-device
sysctl variables - devinfo doesn't address that issue at all
DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
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