Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 13:26:20 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>, Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>, Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@FreeBSD.org>, "Constantine A. Murenin" <cnst@FreeBSD.org>, Shteryana Shopova <syrinx@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Porting OpenBSD's sysctl hw.sensors framework to FreeBSD (was: Re: PERFORCE change 123040 for review) Message-ID: <20070708132500.N9997@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <66353.1183896180@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <66353.1183896180@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20070708113624.C13758@fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes: > >> While Andre's proposed goal of eliminating static sysctl nodes for 8.0 is >> laudable, a casual glimpse run found 261 references to top-level CTL_ >> constants in src outside of the kernel, so there's quite a bit of work to >> be done, [...] > > Nothing that couldn't be emulated, either in libraries or a kernel-shim. Kris and I have been discussing moving to a model in which the compatXx distributions move to having custom-built libc/libpthread parts, so that if KSE support is removed entirely from the 8.x kernel, it will still be possible to run 5.x/6.x binaries, as we'd provide a 5.x/6.x libpthread that was actually a 7.x libthr. Something similar would be required here. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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