Subject: Re: NMBCLUSTERS: conf/param.c vs. #define
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/25/1999 11:34:03
Jason Thorpe wrote:
> 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.
I did the "cd src; find . -type f -print | xargs grep NMBCLUSTERS" and
returned nothing except conf/param.c and sys/mbuf.h, prompting the
question :) In that case, should mbinit reference nmbclusters and not
NMBCLUSTERS?
> > 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.
Will do.
Simon.