Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 11:08:20AM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > > Modified files: > > > sys/kern subr_param.c=20 > > > Log: > > > - Export HZ value via kern.hz sysctl (this is the same name as for the > > > loader tunable). > > > > It's probably just me, but I don't see the usefulness of > > this. The HZ value is already exported via kern.clockrate. > > (I'm not saying the change is wrong, I'm just looking for > > an explanation.) > > The reason for this change was that I was trying to recall what is > the name of the tunable and I wasn't able to find it with simple > "sysctl -a | grep hz". In an ideal world most of not all loader > tunables should also be visible as read-only sysctls.
Hm. It was my understanding that the loader tunables are already exported via kenv(2), so typing "kenv" should include them all. I was probably wrong, though. Thanks for the explanation. It's now clearer to me. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, Bunsenstr. 13, 81735 Muenchen, Germany ``We are all but compressed light'' (Albert Einstein) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
