On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 10:59 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> 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?" No. A tunable is just a mechanism for setting a variable very early in the boot process. A sysctl is a mechanism for getting/setting a variable while the system is running. It makes sense to attach both to variables of interest. > I can imagine some things that could be changed again once running, > so maybe it would not be a cast in iron thing... There is probably a class of variables that may need to be tuned before the system is up to the point where rc.sysctl runs, yes. = Mike -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 09:34:38 UTC
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