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NetBSD gets New sysctl Infrastructure

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the brand-spanking dept.

jschauma writes "NetBSD's Andrew Brown has committed a complete rewrite of the kernel's sysctl infrastructure. To test these changes, he cross compiled 150 kernels for 30 architecures to see where some problems might come up. Additional information can be found in Andrew's email to current-users."

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  1. Re:An honest question by MavEtJu · · Score: 3, Informative
    From the first link on the article:
    • The kernel knows about (but does not currently use) the name to number mapping for each node. Auto-discovery of the tree is now possible.
    • Nodes can now be added to the tree by lkms, device attachment routines or at securelevel 0 from the command line via the sysctl binary.
    • Adding new nodes (or subtrees) to the sysctl tree is now much simpler.
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