[brussels-dev] Re: Removing of bge's duplicate kstat entries

[Raymond LI - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China]

[correcting with right alias]

Raymond LI - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Currently we have two duplicate kstat blocks in bge. One is "mii", 
> which is duplicate with "mac" MII/GMII kstat of Nemo. Another is 
> "parameters", which is kstat copy of  ndd.
>
> Now we are clearing duplicate entries of bge and hope to remove those 
> duplicate parts. If your admin scripts use things like "kstat 
> bge:0:mii" or "kstat bge:0:parameters", you might run into 
> compatibility problems after the clearing. The right way to retrive 
> above infor should be something like "kstat bge:0:mac" and "ndd 
> /dev/bge0 xxx" instead.
>
> I wonder if there is any issues with the plan to removing those 
> duplicate entries. Please advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Raymond
>