svn commit: r211594 - head/sys/dev/bge

[Pyun YongHyeon]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 08:10:42PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20100822012433.GB1090 at michelle.cdnetworks.com>
>             Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh at gmail.com> writes:
> : On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:13:34PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > In message: <201008212313.o7LNDGpH083604 at svn.freebsd.org>
> : >             Pyun YongHyeon <yongari at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : > : Author: yongari
> : > : Date: Sat Aug 21 23:13:16 2010
> : > : New Revision: 211594
> : > : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/211594
> : > : 
> : > : Log:
> : > :   Load tunable from loader.conf(5) instead of device.hints(5).
> : > 
> : > Why the move?
> : > 
> : 
> : Because bge(4) man page didn't mention device.hints. The tunable
> : could be set via sysctl or loader.
> 
> It's just that our other drivers use the hints mechanism.
> 
> Of course, you could easily set either of these in either loader.conf
> or device.hints...  They are basically the same thing...
> 

Yes, but hints requires "hint" string to be present before
driver.unit.keyword string which is not the same syntax of sysctl
variable.

> Warner