Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:28:38 +0000 From: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PicoBSD's kernel, /dev/kmem, and the kernfs Message-ID: <3AE5A9B6.FF7546CC@aurora.regenstrief.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0104241756210.81364-100000@mx.webgiro.com>
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Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Well, the general trend in FreeBSD kernel development is to phase out all > /dev/kmem access, even when wrapped with libkvm calls, using sysctl(9) > instead. Groping through kernel memory is Bad. Sysctl(9) presents > consistent, safe, and well-defined interface. ... > Consequently, my POV on this is: if ipfilter uses /dev/kmem, then it > should be fixed. This makes perfect sense to me, thanks for the clarification. regards, -Gunther Sometimes it is hard to keep up with a world that is constantly getting better :-) -- Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow@regenstrief.org Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Adjunct Assistent Professor Indiana University School of Medicine tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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