From cf6959da6f4928021aaf521f2d0694578639e6b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 06:49:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add report on improvements to sysctl from cem It now supports fixed-width integer types, and the command-line utility can display type information for returned values with -t --- .../news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml index ad5908526d..5a61776735 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml @@ -163,4 +163,53 @@ + + + Sysctl enhancements + + + + + Conrad + Meyer + + cem@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Ravi + Pokala + + rpokala@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Marcelo + Araujo + + araujo@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Wikipedia Entry on C99 Fixed-Width Integer Types + sysctl(8) -t Submission PR + + + +

This quarter, support was added for fixed-width sysctls + (signed and unsigned 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + integers). The new KPIs are documented in the sysctl(9) manual + page. The sysctl(8) command line tool supports all of the new + types.

+ +

Sysctl(8) gained the '-t' flag, which prints sysctl type + information (the original patch was submitted by Yoshihiro Ota). + This support includes the newly added fixed-width types.

+ + + EMC / Isilon Storage Division +