Jason Thorpe wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 13:03:28 +1100 
>  Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> wrote:
> 
>  > Is there any reason why root_device appears in machdep on the alpha?
>  > 
>  > 	thoreau:~ 1> sysctl -a | grep root_device
>  > 	kern.root_device = sd0
>  > 	machdep.root_device = sd0
> 
> ...because that's where it appeared first.  It was moved to kern some time
> later.

Cool.

> You could deprecate it on the alpha, but you can't exactly recycle the
> sysctl node number.

Would anything break if this was the case?  I can imagine an old script
before root_device moved to kern. that'll break.  Maybe better to leave
things as is...

Simon.