Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 May 1999 08:10:34 +0200 | From | Pauline Middelink <> | Subject | Re: Faster /proc access |
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On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 03:22:01PM +0200, Jos Hulzink wrote: > Hi, > > In a kernel-wishlist for 2.1 / 2.2 there was a wish about faster /proc > access (i.e. binary /proc). I thought this was a nice project for me to > start real kernel development (in the past, I've only hacked a bit and > worked on the GGI project) For I'm new to this list, I want to ask if any > important messages on this topic have been on this list in the past. > (maybe this project is cancelled / already done ?)
Have a look at sysctl. It delivers much of the /proc data and we (i?) am looking in accessing more of the /proc data from the sysctl interface. this way /proc will become a simple human readable mirror of the sysctl data, and programs should be able to access the data in a native binary format...
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