Jonathan Stone writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> > [...] and on those
> >architectures where there is no kernel name sysctl returns something
> >"special" and rc just knows to use /netbsd by default?
> 
> ... uh, how about the empty string?
> 
> What should the sysctl name return for kernel names that are known but
> aren't (necssarily) in the fileystem namespace, like tftp-booted
> kernels?

Probably the empty string, or something "special" again...

Maybe another sysctl should indicate if the thing was booted from a
file or off the net...

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