Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:50:32 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: mike@dingo.cdrom.com (Mike Smith) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... Message-ID: <199806021650.LAA02867@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199806020158.SAA02616@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jun 1, 98 06:58:12 pm"
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Mike Smith said: > > Sure; but can't these sort of improvements be made to the methods for > manipulating procfs nodes? What other drawbacks are there to the FS > model? > It is bogus that writing to a file "controls" something inside the system, that is kind-of what SNMP is for. Now, if someone wants a kernfs that is compatible with our sysctl, they should be able to use the sysctl info to build the kernfs. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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