Subject: Re: NMBCLUSTERS: conf/param.c vs. #define
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/24/1999 14:18:20
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 01:38:14 +1000
Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> wrote:
> So I'm looking at defopt'ing NMBCLUSTERS, and found that a variable
> nmbclusters is initialised to NMBCLUSTERS in conf/param.c, but not
> referenced anywhere else (kernel or userland).
>
> Should everything in the kernel reference nmbclusters, or should it
> be g/c'd from conf/param.c.
Please do not g/c nmbclusters; it will be referenced soon :-) It's
probably also referenced from userland via libkvm for various things.
> While I'm talking about g/c'ing things, is it time all the REAL_CLISTS
> goop went? conf/param.c makes interesting reading :-)
Probably time to kill it, yes.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>