Add timecounter option to rc.conf

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 01:55:13AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> 
>>On Sunday 06 April 2003 14:11, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>
>>>In message <xzpu1dbs8b5.fsf at flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav 
>>
>>writes:
>>
>>>>"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>In message <xzp1y0fmpb5.fsf at flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav 
>>
>>writes:
>>
>>>>>>The attached patch adds a timecounter option to rc.conf and an
>>>>>>rc.d script to handle it.
>>>>>
>>>>>What's wrong with using /etc/sysctl.conf for this ?
>>>>
>>>>Partly because I believe that the choice of timecounter hardware is
>>>>sufficiently important to the performance and correct operation of the
>>>>system to warrant its own rc.conf knob, and partly because I hate the
>>>>"configuration diaspora" of which sysctl.conf is a prime example.
>>>
>>>I on the other hand think that by now /etc/rc.conf has so many knobs
>>>and handles that it is practically impossible to figure out how to
>>>do anything without resorting to "less /etc/rc.*" to figure it out :-(
>>
>>We could always write a nice GTK+ application that edits it for you...
>>
>>/me ducks and hides
> 
> 
> Errr.. you mean like ports/sysutils/thefish ? :)

/me is terribly disappointed...

Why not extend it to loader.conf? :-)

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