maxusers in config file (4BSD)

[Chris Torek]

[Please excuse the ravings; this is one of my favorite subjects for
frothing at the mouth]

> In order to comply with AT&T's restrictions on binary licenses, we've
> added a maxusers() system call that returns the value from the
> config maxusers parameter.

ANOTHER SYSTEM CALL just for ONE STUPID INTEGER?!  What is this anyway?
How about having a single system call, ``getinterestingkernelnumber'',
which takes an argument describing which integer to return?

[There, I feel much better now...]
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