Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:17:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does this idea have merit? Message-ID: <199709170617.XAA22858@kithrup.com> References: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:39:10 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916183810.3894D-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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In article <1565.874467750.kithrup.freebsd.current@orion.webspan.net> Gary writes: >kernfs is the proper place to put non-process related infromation. I >am not at all comfortable with the linux idea of sticking everything >possible into /proc ... kernfs is the `cleaner' place to put such info >if you want to do file style I/O, or of course there is now sysctl, >available through a syscall. I agree. Most of the stuff in Linux' /proc does not belong there -- and /kern is a great place to put things like that. (Making /kern/kernel a symlink to the booted kernel would be a great idea, for example ;).) If you want to add nodes to kernfs, I'm willing to listen.
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