cvs commit: src/tools/tools README src/tools/tools/sysdoc Makefile sysctl.sh sysdoc.sh tunables.mdoc

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Mar 1 16:47:45 GMT 2005


In message: <86oee3lec6.fsf at xps.des.no>
            des at des.no (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) writes:
: Tom Rhodes <trhodes at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: >   Log:
: >   Add sysdoc, a small set of scripts which will parse a kernel binary and
: >   modules to rip out the available sysctls.  It will then produce a manual
: >   page which may be installed with 'make install'.  Currently typing 'make'
: >   in the directory uses the default /boot/kernel files.  To use a specific
: >   directory, run sysdoc -k [location].
: 
: Neat!
: 
: While you're there, could you take a look at tunables, and maybe have
: sysdoc emit warnings for tunables that don't have a corresponding
: sysctl node, like kern.hz?

Maybe we should have sysctl nodes for them, even if they are only
read-only.  I know that helps when I get bug reports from the field...

Warner


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