Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:48:18 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@freebsd.dk>, Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, daeron@Wit401305.student.utwente.nl, shawn@cpl.net, osa@etrust.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice-5.0... Message-ID: <199811120248.SAA07015@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Nov 1998 20:53:57 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811112050420.725-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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> > > > Hmm, if we should have a Linsux compatible /proc, it really should be > > a beast mounted on /compat/linux/proc. If you provide this, I'm sure > > it will be received with open arms :) > > Linux_procfs sounds good, but if a Linux procfs is implemented... erm.... > you see, wouldn't this waste resources? unless we'd be emulating the > ENTIRE linux proc (which is total crap, and shouldn't exist), it's > probably better just to add it to the standard procfs. It's hideously crap, and unfortunately syntax-incompatible with ours, which is why we'd have to have a complete emulation. Unfortunately, the Linux procfs is also baroque beyond the abilities of the structure of our relatively simple-minded procfs to handle. It's more like a filesystem manifestation of the sysctl tree. -- \\ 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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