cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <22307.1112996518 at critter.freebsd.dk>
            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <4256BF44.2000100 at errno.com>, Sam Leffler writes:
: 
: >> And besides, a formatted sysctl has no binary compatibility issues at
: >> all.  I like that too.
: >> 
: >
: >Sure, that's the downside; you need to design binary protocols with care 
: >(this is a protocol after all).
: 
: And given that X.400 is dead and SMTP lives I would say that an ascii
: based protocol is preferable.

But given that TCP/IP lives, I'm not sure that this is a valid
argument.

Warner