Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:54:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: abial@webgiro.com (Andrzej Bialecki), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables Message-ID: <199908162154.OAA22915@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199908162133.OAA00861@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Aug 16, 1999 02:33:12 pm"
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > Yes, this is very true. But I think we are fooling ourselves if we > > > believe linux emulation will not become 'standard' in the near future. > > > Then we'll kick ourselves for giving the sysctl's convoluted names :-) > > > > Yeah... Then, the next in line after "linux" are: ibcs2 and svr4 and > > whatever comes next. Can you live with them as main sysctl categories? > > Adding anything at the top level would be a terrible mistake. > > Given that "ABI" is a bit obscure, kern.compat is the only sensible > choice. > kern.modules seems to be slightly more general in that you can have kern.modules.xxx where xxx is anything under /modules that needs/wants to some tuning via sysctl. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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