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Date:      Thu, 04 Jun 1998 14:05:55 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernfs/procfs questions... 
Message-ID:  <199806042105.OAA02097@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jun 1998 13:27:47 MDT." <199806041927.NAA03558@mt.sri.com> 

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> I'm not saying that kernfs would make this easier, but if I had a tuning
> program that allowed me to tune it (man 8 vmtune), then it would be
> *better* documented.  Maybe I'm not screaming so much for the
> implementation, but the interface and the way that new sysctl are added
> w/out any regard to documentation/accessing them. :(

I think we are perilously close to agreement here.

You could argue that the absensce of such a utility implies that the 
nodes are not there for your general tweaking.  ie. they are not 
exposed to your interface and thus you can effectively ignore them...

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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