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Date:      Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:01:38 +0100 (BST)
From:      paul@xciv.org (Paul Civati)
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        paul@xciv.org
Subject:   Re: Where did kernfs go?
Message-ID:  <200307141501.h6EF1cS00772@tuscan.xciv.org>
In-Reply-To: <3F12C335.3060004@tenebras.com>
References:  <13297.1057943729@xciv.org> <xzp7k6lyxrp.fsf@dwp.des.no> <3F12C335.3060004@tenebras.com>

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In article <3F12C335.3060004@tenebras.com>,
	kudzu@tenebras.com (Michael Sierchio) writes:

>> [kernfs] was removed because it served no discernible purpose and was
>> highly suspect from a security standpoint.  What do you need it for?

Well, I don't *need* it, as all the info provided from there can now
probably be had through sysctl, I was just puzzled that it had
vanished without any notification or mention.

> The problem is obviously that many people were taken by surprise.

Quite.  I'm sure there may be scripts around (rightly or wrongly) that
reference /kern.

-Paul-



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