Re: kstat - an API for gathering kernel stats

[Arun Sharma]

On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 06:30:01PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> Sysctl is faster than kstat once you have performed the name->oid 
> lookup.  There is basically nothing that kstat can do that sysctl can't 
> do better and faster, apart from lookup-by-name.

Can a loadable module, say a network driver register variables with
sysctl ? Can sysctl itself be made a loadable module ? As for the speed,
I don't think it is an issue - I can add another interface for getting
a kstatid and make it fast. 

I'm not really saying that kstat is better than sysctl. In fact, it
was an oversight on my part not to look closely at sysctl. My goal
was to get some tools - specifically ktop and xosview to work on
FreeBSD. So I don't particularly care how we get there - if it means
adding a few more variables to the sysctl MIB, so be it.

Now, if I make those changes and submit a patch, will it be considered 
for inclusion ?

        -Arun


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