Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:47:31 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: Just a note that libkvm/ps/etc need to be recompiled Message-ID: <199608011747.TAA19423@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199607312002.NAA02651@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 31, 96 01:02:18 pm"
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > There doesn't seem to be a good reason for using the kvm interface > instead of procfs. Unfortunately, to commit to that, procfs would > have to become mandatory, since a shared interface would be hard. procfs is already semi-mandatory. ps(1) will omit certain information if procfs is not mounted (like the start time). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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