On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> * Using a fs interface introduces a lot of bloat and overhead.  In
>   wired kernel memory.  Remember that the reason for the way both
>   sysctl(2) and SNMP handle the MIB is to keep the kernel
>   implementation very fast and small.

Some data here:

1.4.2A/sparc:       sysctl -a | wc -c     => 2813
1.4ZA/i386:         sysctl -a | wc -c     => 6150

So for the tables we probably won't use much more than 6k right now.


 - Hubert

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