Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:37:19 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM system info Message-ID: <19971208093719.50393@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199712080706.RAA00375@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 05:36:08PM %2B1030 References: <867m9gpsts.fsf@bitbox.follo.net> <199712080706.RAA00375@word.smith.net.au>
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On Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 05:36:08PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: > > I want this info in the kernel. At the very least, I want > > documentation as a part of the SYSCTL_*() macro parameters, unused but > > available as a (mandatory) part of the source - better would be as a > > part of the kernel that can be compiled away by setting a kernel > > option (e.g. NO_SYSCTL_DOCS). > > Would you buy it in /usr/share/misc/sysctl_nodes? I was thinking about > that when I saved John's message... If extracted from the kernel source, I'd say it was OK. However, if this is a file that developers are supposed to to keep up to date manually, I'm much more sceptical. Keeping documentation outside the source up to date has a tendency to be forgotten/ignored. Eivind.
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