From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 2 09:51:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA28382 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:51:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA28334; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:51:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA02867; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:50:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806021650.LAA02867@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-Reply-To: <199806020158.SAA02616@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jun 1, 98 06:58:12 pm" To: mike@dingo.cdrom.com (Mike Smith) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:50:32 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith said: > > Sure; but can't these sort of improvements be made to the methods for > manipulating procfs nodes? What other drawbacks are there to the FS > model? > It is bogus that writing to a file "controls" something inside the system, that is kind-of what SNMP is for. Now, if someone wants a kernfs that is compatible with our sysctl, they should be able to use the sysctl info to build the kernfs. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message