Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:14:11 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@Dataplex.NET> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: fjaccard@urbanet.ch, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [GIMPS] /proc/net/route needed Message-ID: <l03130300b2482ed2e601@[208.2.87.5]> In-Reply-To: <199810121806.LAA07090@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:11:49 %2B0200." <000001bdf603$663ab460$0100a8c0@sicel-3-213.urbanet.ch>
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At 1:06 PM -0500 10/12/98, Mike Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> I am trying to run the linux version of the GIMPS (mprime 16.4). It works >> but does not connect top the server. I did a ktrace and it fails to read >> /proc/net/route. Is there anyway to have this /proc/net emulated or any way >> to have mprime connect? > >Not immediately. We need to start building an emulation of the >(supremely bogus) linux /proc hierarchy. > >I can't imagine why a user-space application needs to access *routing* >information. Why not complain to the people that wrote it? >From what I know about the GIMPS project, it is probably attempting to determine if there is an active route to the outside. It does this so that it can decide whether, or not, to attempt to connect to its external server. I suspect that this was done to avoid bringing up a dialup connection, etc. Richard Wackerbarth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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