Jason R Thorpe wrote:

>On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 08:27:02PM +0300, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>
> > Module Name:	syssrc
> > Committed By:	augustss
> > Date:		Sat Aug 24 17:27:02 UTC 2002
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	syssrc/sys/kern: kern_sysctl.c
> > 	syssrc/sys/sys: sysctl.h
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Add sysctl support for hw.dev.ubtbcmfw (so I can set the firmware
> > path for my BCM2033).
>
>Uh.... so we're going to have a different sysctl variable for each
>device?!!  Lame.
>
That's what I like(d) best.  But after seeing how totally sucky our sysctl
is implemented in the kernel and what a pain it is to add a new one,
I might consider having a common one.

>Why not a :-separate path, with the device driver deciding the final
>component of the name??
>
I'll think about it.

    -- Lennart