15 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
jhb
9ab3c32d73 - Document the UQUAD sysctl variants.
- Clarify that exactly one of the "access" flags is required and
  list the optional flags in a separate list.  Prefer bundling
  CTLFLAG_TUN into the access flag by not documenting it as an
  optional flag to set.

Approved by:	re (glebius)
MFC after:	1 week
2013-09-12 20:49:20 +00:00
gjb
cae1f5b994 Typo and mdoc(7) style fixes.
PR:		168117
Submitted by:	Nobuyuki Koganemaru (kogane&jp!freebsd!org)
MFC after:	3 days
2012-05-20 16:43:47 +00:00
thompsa
5fb3a72857 Correct the description for CTLFLAG_TUN and CTLFLAG_RDTUN, the declaring of a
system tunable has never been implemented. This flag is only used by sysctl(8)
to provide a helpful error message.

Discussed with:	dwhite, kan
2012-02-29 22:41:40 +00:00
mdf
6b5f615b7c Introduce signed and unsigned version of CTLTYPE_QUAD, renaming
existing uses.  Rename sysctl_handle_quad() to sysctl_handle_64().
2011-01-19 23:00:25 +00:00
mdf
6648b8cede sysctl(8) should use the CTLTYPE to determine the type of data when
reading.  (This was already done for writing to a sysctl).  This
requires all SYSCTL setups to specify a type.  Most of them are now
checked at compile-time.

Remove SYSCTL_*X* sysctl additions as the print being in hex should be
controlled by the -x flag to sysctl(8).

Succested by:	bde
2011-01-19 17:04:07 +00:00
gavin
4f0862f400 Xref sysctl(3)
Approved by:	ed (mentor)
2010-01-16 14:31:01 +00:00
pjd
9d11b5b5b3 Implement the following macros for completeness:
SYSCTL_QUAD()
	SYSCTL_ADD_QUAD()
	TUNABLE_QUAD()
	TUNABLE_QUAD_FETCH()

Now we can use 64bit tunables on 32bit systems.
2008-07-21 15:05:25 +00:00
mpp
7cd24a641f Spelling fixes. 2006-12-14 14:33:13 +00:00
yar
d47577789b Add a guideline for naming new sysctl nodes.
Discussed in:	cvs-src (some time ago)
2006-11-23 14:28:19 +00:00
ru
e06dc5d45d Revise markup. 2006-09-30 17:09:59 +00:00
obrien
f6dcb46835 Add an extension to the UINT & ULONG types. The XINT & XLONG types behave
the same, except sysctl(8) will print out the values in hex.
2006-08-12 23:33:10 +00:00
obrien
50d886a1e8 Fix bug preventing the proper displaying of the CTLFLAG_WR option. 2006-08-12 20:09:33 +00:00
keramida
713f37c123 Fix a couple of typos and other minor nits
Reviewed by:	rwatson
2006-04-28 23:21:36 +00:00
rwatson
4bbacc2510 Fix typo.
MFC after:	1 month
Submitted by:	Antoine Brodin <antoine dot brodin@laposte dot net>
2006-04-28 19:43:44 +00:00
rwatson
900c1aa177 Add a basic man page for the sysctl(9) macro interfaces. Previously man
pages existed only for the dynamic sysctl interfaces.  There's probably
more complete and accurate content, better advice, etc, that could be added
here.

Per scottl's suggest, add a small piece of moralizing text regarding the
fact that sysctl names quickly get embedded in system configuration files,
libraries, third party applications, and even books, so renaming and
removing names after they've been published is a tricky issue.

MFC after:	1 month
2006-04-28 10:45:27 +00:00