From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 05:49:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D97516A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 05:49:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F1D743D36 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 05:49:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBJDnATr006285; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:49:10 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id hBJDnATj006284; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:49:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:49:10 -0500 From: Ken Smith To: Jose Liang Message-ID: <20031219134910.GC5502@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <000901c3c635$3eb40f60$2e01a8c0@jose> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000901c3c635$3eb40f60$2e01a8c0@jose> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about a word "userland" X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:49:12 -0000 On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:37:28PM +0800, Jose Liang wrote: > That is about this word: userland. Well, because my English is not vary > well, so I translate this document by some tools sometimes, but there are no > any word about "userland". I tried to find a solution to solve this problem, > but I didn't get any effective answer. I guess this word means "system > environment that user's set up", Just guess! Am I wrong? Could anybody tell > me? If I'm wrong, plese tell me what it means after all. "userland" would be the pieces of FreeBSD that are not inside of the kernel. Changes to a device driver would be things that are inside the kernel. If the mv(1) command changed that would be a userland change. Does that help? -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |