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## Setting and getting kernel vars

  Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
  Re: Tunable Kernel Parameters?
  Re: sysctl in Linux (Jukka Santala)
  Keywords: kernel vars
  Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:57:00 GMT
  From: <kbrown@csuhayward.edu>

If sysctl is not implemented properly yet, then what is a good method for setting and getting kernel variables? I used sysctl to access some varibale I added under NetBSD and I was hoping to do the same now that I'm using Linux instead. Has anyone done this successfully?