On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:27:55PM +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> luckily, I haven't pushed that commit not yet. :) However it's probably
> interesting for olther kernels than the latest -rc :)
It is not the case. My man page dated 21 Sep 1999 says:
sysctl is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters
available are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for sysctl
support in Linux. You can use sysctl to both read and write sysctl data.
Honestly, I've never got the point of this program.
> Carsten can you please add a notice to PTXCONF_PROCPS_SYSCTL's helptext
> stating that this is a deprecated interface.
I'd commit this patch only after someone would find anything available only
via sysctl and meanwhile add notice advicing people to use /proc/sys.
ladis
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