Messages in this thread | | | From | Shinanyaku <> | Subject | Re: KernelDB | Date | Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:01:51 -0400 (EDT) |
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> Bruno Boettcher was heard saying .... > > > > On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, BearHeart / Bill Weinman wrote: > > > > > At 09:59 am 4/22/96 -0400, Shinanyaku spake: > > > >You have view the (now very simple) database at > > > > > > > > http://www.binary9.net/nicholas/kerneldb.html > > > > > > > >Many thanx and any thoughts/input are welcome! > > > > > > Perhaps if it didn't involve a patch, maybe just a perl script that > > > would mail off our .config file. Perhaps it's my own level of ignorance, > > > but I hesitate to add a patch to my configuration for this purpose. > > > > I agree, other solution: integrate it officially in the make hierarchy... > > ciao > > Yah. I agree too <grin>. > > So what I am doing is creating a script that you run once you have > booted (and are satisfied with) your new kernel. > > It'll be a little more intrusive on your system (I suggest that > EVERYONE read EXACTLY what the script reports for privacy reasons) but > will provide more accurate information. > > I'll started writing it today (at least the probes for /proc) so I > guess I'll have it ready by this weekend. > > Because of all the wonderful feedback ('specially due to my last post) > I'm going to expand the set of data that I'll be recording. Not only > will it track kernel configuration, but hardware as well. Someplace > there is a distinction between what the kernel is compile FOR and > what, exactly, it's running ON. I think I'll track that difference. > > I suggest everyone who has been using my patch to continue to do > so. The information returned from that will still be useful and > accepted. > > Notes on the script: I need some sample info from the /proc > file-system, if your system has any of the following elements, could > you mail me the relevant /proc entries (ls -l {blah} and cat {blah}), > Thanx! > > 1. SCSI (grin) > 2. Non Intel architectures > 3. SMP machines > 4. anything else "odd" that has its own /proc entries that might > be useful in my database. > > > As *always*, feedback is more than welcome (and even flames < you know > who you are > ). > > > Shin! > __________________________________________________________________________ > Another Mailing List personality of Nicholas J. Leon shin@binary9.net > Linux Kernel Database [http://www.binary9.net/nicholas/kerneldb.html] > > >
Shin! __________________________________________________________________________ Another Mailing List personality of Nicholas J. Leon shin@binary9.net Linux Kernel Database [http://www.binary9.net/nicholas/kerneldb.html]
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