From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jun 15 18:47:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA08254 for current-outgoing; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 18:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA08234; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 18:47:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA08666; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:17:11 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706160147.LAA08666@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Need to rebuild libkvm,ps,w In-Reply-To: <199706160120.SAA07208@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Jun 15, 97 06:20:21 pm" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:17:10 +0930 (CST) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > > Dumb question, why can't we isolate the apps from the proc data structures? Because the in-kernel infrastructure for arb. data retrieval isn't there yet. Sysctl is an OK start, but it's effectively fairly static. Part of the "big bad nasty config model" I keep talking about includes an attempt to deal with this - I'm not sure if it'll go down well with the masses though. Is there serious interest in this? I'd be happy to discuss further... > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[