Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:23:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KERNFS and MFS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808101822170.3825-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199808110044.UAA11183@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:59:58 -0500 (EST), Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> said: > > > KERNFS urm... this works, why is not used/installed by default? > > Um, because it serves no useful function? > > It's mostly there as an example of what a simple but non-trivial > filesystem needs to implement. Yes, but it could be very useful. I for one would love to see kernfs as an extension of the sysctl interface. Suitable perhaps for sh scripts and the like. And actually it is kinda useful as-is. - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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