Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:28:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908170023570.35231-100000@freja.webgiro.com> In-Reply-To: <199908162133.OAA00861@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, 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. One one hand you're right (it is a compatibility stub) but OTOH it is also a kernel module... ;-) Perhaps modules like this will want to have their stuff in BOTH places, i.e. in kernel.compat and in kernel.modules, depending what the given sysctl does. Andrzej Bialecki // <abial@webgiro.com> WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) // ------------------------------------------------------------------- // ------ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.freebsd.org -------- // --- Small & Embedded FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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