On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Michael Smith wrote: > [...] > > No. > > The two are different things, although arguably there should be more > integration. > > The tunable mechanism exists to allow parameters to be set before the > kernel starts. > Things that are set with tunables tend to be things that used to be > statically compiled > into the kernel; they're not adjustable once the kernel's up and > running. > > It makes sense to export the values set by tunables into the sysctl > MIB, but by their > very nature they're not suitable for conversion to sysctls. > > = Mike So is what you are saying... "tuneables should be converted at boot to read-only sysctls?" I can imagine some things that could be changed again once running, so maybe it would not be a cast in iron thing...Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 08:59:19 UTC
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