Date: 08 Dec 1997 01:43:59 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM system info Message-ID: <867m9gpsts.fsf@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: "John S. Dyson"'s message of Sun, 7 Dec 1997 13:29:42 -0500 (EST) References: <199712071829.NAA03407@dyson.iquest.net>
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"John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > Joao Carlos Mendes Luis said: > > #define quoting(John S. Dyson) > > // Notes on VM tunables: > > // > > // I have recently added some interesting VM tunables. Since it would > > // be nice if people other than me (or those who requested them) could > > // use the features, I thought it would be nice to pass this info on: > > > > Is there any place or URL where we can get this information always > > updated ? It's a pretty good form of documentation I've always > > wanted to know. > > > Nope. Unfortunately, the source code is the only place for it (by > inference.) The VFS sysctls also deserve some documentation. > > > > > Maybe it deserves a handbook section ? > > > Maybe, but it is extremely kernel version dependent, and would require > some commitment to maintain. Otherwise, the info could be confusing. I'm going to be extremely politically incorrect here: 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). I don't care about the amount of hardwired memory it wastes - memory is extremely cheap, people's time aren't. Eivind.
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