Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:42:30 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does this idea have merit? Message-ID: <1565.874467750@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:39:10 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916183810.3894D-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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Alex wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916183810.3894D-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>: > It probably is, but one of the things I liked about Linux was the ability > to get loads of information about certian drivers by checking the proc fs. > How hard would it be to impliment something like that under procfs or say > under something else? kernfs is the proper place to put non-process related infromation. I am not at all comfortable with the linux idea of sticking everything possible into /proc ... kernfs is the `cleaner' place to put such info if you want to do file style I/O, or of course there is now sysctl, available through a syscall. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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