Lucio de Re writes:
> According to Bill Sommerfeld:
> > Well, we already have sysctl controlling a bunch of other parameters
> > like this..  I think the tendancy continues to be further towards "let
> > the parameters be tweaked on the fly" rather than at kernel
> > compile/link/boot time..
>
> Oh, I wasn't as much advocating dismissing sysctl, as streamlining the 
> kernel load procedure with a bunch of easily edited configuration 
> options.

If you want to have a file containing the settings for these
variables, four lines of shell in /etc/rc can read in a file
containing on each line a sysctl variable and a value and set the
variables to the values at boot. No big deal if anyone wants it.

Perry