Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:47:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need to rebuild libkvm,ps,w Message-ID: <199706170017.JAA13345@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199706162015.NAA18052@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jun 16, 97 01:15:22 pm"
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Terry Lambert 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. > > Actually, isn't it really the memory image arguments to ps/w/et. al. > that cause the problem? We could go to /proc tomorrow if /proc > were mandatory and we didn't care about ps'ing crash dumps (doing > that sems to me to be the job of the kernel debugger, anyway). Argh. I keep forgetting that case 8(. Who does still use ps on crash dumps? Is it useful in that form? > Terry Lambert -- ]] 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 [[
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