Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:38:46 -0300 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add timecounter option to rc.conf Message-ID: <3E96A946.4050708@tcoip.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20030411090309.GN6427@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <30340.1049663478@critter.freebsd.dk> <200304110155.13446.wes@softweyr.com> <20030411090309.GN6427@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 01:55:13AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
>
>>On Sunday 06 April 2003 14:11, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>
>>>In message <xzpu1dbs8b5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav
>>
>>writes:
>>
>>>>"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>In message <xzp1y0fmpb5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav
>>
>>writes:
>>
>>>>>>The attached patch adds a timecounter option to rc.conf and an
>>>>>>rc.d script to handle it.
>>>>>
>>>>>What's wrong with using /etc/sysctl.conf for this ?
>>>>
>>>>Partly because I believe that the choice of timecounter hardware is
>>>>sufficiently important to the performance and correct operation of the
>>>>system to warrant its own rc.conf knob, and partly because I hate the
>>>>"configuration diaspora" of which sysctl.conf is a prime example.
>>>
>>>I on the other hand think that by now /etc/rc.conf has so many knobs
>>>and handles that it is practically impossible to figure out how to
>>>do anything without resorting to "less /etc/rc.*" to figure it out :-(
>>
>>We could always write a nice GTK+ application that edits it for you...
>>
>>/me ducks and hides
>
>
> Errr.. you mean like ports/sysutils/thefish ? :)
/me is terribly disappointed...
Why not extend it to loader.conf? :-)
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