Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Nicholas J. Leon" <> | Subject | Re: RFC: New kernel proc interface | Date | Sat, 2 Nov 1996 13:39:24 -0500 (EST) |
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# >Its not even neccessarily compatibility thats an issue. We just need # >a way to say 'Dont cache me Im potentially big', or for the code to # >get a 32K block and then say "Stuff this Im not caching any more". # # This should be easy to do, but does not solve the any # problems. Might as well stay with the current 4K buffer. # We might also try removing the need for huge proc files. # # Are there any other potentially huge (>1MB) /proc/net # files?
Maybe not >1mb, but I can think of something greater than 4K: the contents of ~linux/.config.
I have always thought that having contents of .config in a /proc entry would be great for new kernel configuration (at least to compile something identical to what you are currently running). Or at least to set defaults.
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