Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:31:33 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@Dataplex.NET> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, fjaccard@urbanet.ch, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [GIMPS] /proc/net/route needed Message-ID: <199810122331.QAA00540@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:14:11 CDT." <l03130300b2482ed2e601@[208.2.87.5]>
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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. Sorry, I'll try that again. I can't imagine why anyone would choose this approach, which is clearly unnecessarily system-dependant. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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