Subject: Re: NKPDE changes
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/20/1996 10:40:47
On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:47:18 -0800
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> How are users supposed to find out what nkpde actually gets set to
> (e.g., for users who alter parameters that need more or fewer
> nkpde's)?
>
> I can't find anything (e.g., in /usr/sbin/sysctl) that shows what the
> calculated value of nkpde is. Can we get add it to /usr/sbin/sysctl,
> or to kernfs, or something?
machdep.nkpde ... you need to recompile sysctl for it to grok the name.
(*sigh*, for a better sysctl interface...)
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