documentation for sysctl MIB

[Vincent Hoffman]

Ole wrote:
> Hello maillist, 
>
> I have to small question
> - Where i can get documentation for description some "base" sysctl variables?
> - And, what the diffrence between 
> sysctl hw.machine hw.machine_arch
> ?
>
>   
try sysctl -d $oid
for example:
jhary at crab
(10:23:56 <~>) 0 $ sysctl -d hw.machine hw.machine_arch
hw.machine: Machine class
hw.machine_arch: System architecture
jhary at crab
(10:24:12 <~>) 0 $ sysctl  hw.machine hw.machine_arch
hw.machine: amd64
hw.machine_arch: amd64

> For example, i extract i386 installation, but my hardware is EM64T  and 
> supporting AMD64 distribution correctly. Both variable get i386 value. One of 
> them must be amd64?
>
>   
> Thanks for your time
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>