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Re: Adding 'i386_use_pae' variable, and expose it through sysctl

To: Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost>
Subject: Re: Adding 'i386_use_pae' variable, and expose it through sysctl
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:23:05 -0400

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 02:30:46PM +0200, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> 
> Shall it be added for all other archs then? I assume that they can all
> benefit from the dynamic sysctl(9) interface?

You can't do it for existing OIDs, that breaks binary compatibility.

Thor

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