From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 11:39:52 -0500 From: Steven Lembark Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Writing forward compatible applications using /proc Message-ID: <193560000.997634392@dizzy> In-Reply-To: <20010812135402.A452@dardhal.mired.net> References: <20010812135402.A452@dardhal.mired.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com -- Jos=E9 Luis Domingo L=F3pez > As far as I know, there are plans to remove much of the thingss that > currently appear under /proc. It seems that only information about > processes currently running will remain under /proc. > > Kernel parameters, system information, kernel variables and kernel > tunables will probably disappear and will be replaced by some sort of > user-space application that will allow query and modfication of kernel > values and tunables. Something similar to Solaris' ndd, AFAIK. Too bad. Having a consistent interface for examining the values (vs relying on a -- possibly out of date -- command line tool) is a nice feature for system management. Being able to 'cat blah' is uniform across versions. This is especially nice for checking scsi params, etc, that effect LVM and friends. Any ides why they the /proc information is being dropped? -- Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647 +1 800 762 1582