On Friday 05 August 2005 10:50 am, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Aug 05), Thordur I. Bjornsson said: > > If I want to check a sysctl value from within the kernel (e.g. an > > KLD), should I use the system calls described in sysctl(3) ? > > > > If not, what is the propper way to do so ? > > Since most sysctls are direct mappings onto integer variables in the > kernel, just check the variable directly.
There's also a kernel_sysctl() function available in the kernel for in-kernel access to sysctls. You might have to lookup the OID for a given name yourself though. Actually, there's a kernel_sysctlbyname() as well. -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
