From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 16 5:27:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A18937B405 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 05:27:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-147.wobline.de [212.68.69.155]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id fAGDQtO19766; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:26:55 +0100 Received: from jodie.ncptiddische.net (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAGDRaV33470; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:27:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: from jodie.ncptiddische.net (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by jodie.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAGDRb302613; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:27:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:27:37 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland To: Holtor Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PROCFS In-Reply-To: <20011116130058.32348.qmail@web11601.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20011116142640.W2605-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Holtor wrote: > Hello! > > Is it safe to remove PROCFS in a custom kernel? It is > in all kernels by default but from what I notice it > does absolutely nothing! So it safe to remove? Absolutely nothing? Well, it's required for all the stuff you can read out in /proc. Some vital software uses the information found there, and it is probably one of the things you really should not remove from your kernel. Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message