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| author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-28 23:21:36 +0000 |
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| committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-28 23:21:36 +0000 |
| commit | 713f37c1235636cb46a0747b34d922f2cf4c53ee (patch) | |
| tree | 986488536dc846a21f351316bab8250bef023cdb /share/man/man9/sysctl.9 | |
| parent | 5c892289cbe84fe4354d2051684218ebf075f399 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-713f37c1235636cb46a0747b34d922f2cf4c53ee.zip FreeBSD-src-713f37c1235636cb46a0747b34d922f2cf4c53ee.tar.gz | |
Fix a couple of typos and other minor nits
Reviewed by: rwatson
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man9/sysctl.9')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/sysctl.9 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/sysctl.9 b/share/man/man9/sysctl.9 index a48eab7..2687d2d 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/sysctl.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/sysctl.9 @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ MIB entries, which will be initialized when the kernel module containing the declaration is initialized. When the module is unloaded, the sysctl will be automatically destroyed. .Pp -Sysctl nodes are created in a hierarchal tree, with all static nodes being +Sysctl nodes are created in a hierarchical tree, with all static nodes being represented by named C data structures; in order to create a new node under an existing node in the tree, the structure representing the desired parent node must be declared in the current context using @@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ Various protocols have name spaces under .It Dv regression Regression test configuration and information. .It Dv security -Security and security policy configuration and information. +Security and security-policy configuration and information. .It Dv sysctl Reserved name space for the implementation of sysctl. .It Dv user Configuration settings relating to user application behavior. -Generally, configuring applications using kernel sysctls is disouraged. +Generally, configuring applications using kernel sysctls is discouraged. .It Dv vfs Virtual file system configuration and information. .It Dv vm @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ SYSCTL_PROC(_kern_timecounter, OID_AUTO, hardware, CTLTYPE_STRING | .Pp When adding, modifying, or removing sysctl names, it is important to be aware that these interfaces may be used by users, libraries, applications, -and even books, and are implicitly published application interfaces. +or documentation (such as published books), and are implicitly published application interfaces. As with other application interfaces, caution must be taken not to break existing applications, and to think about future use of new name spaces so as to avoid the need to rename or remove interfaces that might be depended on in |
