Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: proposal for generic interface to /proc text files | Date | Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:33:55 +0100 (BST) |
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> So assuming that everybody agrees reconstructing /proc is nessecary > (which is a bit unlikely) why don't you just build a totally new, seperate > interface? This way you can have both the old-style /proc and the new-style > /proc-linux, and when all programs (esp. procps and network utils) have > been changed to the new format you just build a kernel with only /proc-linux.
We really could do with a binary format /proc or (linuxproc) if we want to add vast amounts of new toys to it (just for the speed). As to where you mount it - you can mount the procfs anywhere you feel anyway.
Alan
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