Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:40:07 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, nate@mt.sri.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... Message-ID: <199806042340.SAA00731@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199806042332.RAA05525@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jun 4, 98 05:32:17 pm"
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Nate Williams said: > > I think of sysctl as a bunch of big global variable, or OPTIONS in the > kernel config file. If it isn't documented, it isn't needed. > You are wrong. Just because you are wrong, doesn't mean that you are bad :-). > > Do I have permission to start removing sysctl's that aren't > documented/used? > No, in fact, I specifcally suggest that if you do, then you'll be obstructing progress on the project. You don't even know if a sysctl is used or not, so I don't think that you are in a position to do so. By your own admission, you don't know what most of the are for, and you then cannot be a judge. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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