Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit. | Date | Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:46:01 +0000 (UTC) |
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In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0111020359540.12621-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>, Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote: >On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:42:36 -0500 >> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> wrote: >> >> > Is this designed to replace sysctl? >> >> Well, I'd suggest replacing *all* the non-process stuff in /proc. Yes. > >Aha. Like, say it, /proc/kcore. Or /proc/mounts, yodda, yodda.
Well in 2.5 union mounts are going to go in right? Then you could have a compatibility "proc-compat" filesystem that reads data from /kernel and supplies it in backwards compatible formats such as /proc/mounts, that you union-mount over /proc
And in 2.7, rm -rf linux/fs/proc-compat
Mike. -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein.
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