On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 11:56:14AM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > 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.
Only the one that are set (eg. by hints or by you in loader.conf). kenv(1) doesn't list all the tunables. -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!
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