On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:56:08 +0000 (GMT) 
 Andy Doran <ad@fionn.sports.gov.uk> wrote:

 > Haven't looked at the changes, but can these be made sysctls without much
 > impact? Seems prefrable.

He made them sysctls when he initially committed them, yes?  The options
are merely to set the at-boot default (i.e. before userland is running).

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>