From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:22:25 -0700 Message-ID: <42C8E3B1.7010401@namesys.com> References: <200507020148.j621m9m0006559@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <42C8B020.7040506@namesys.com> <200507040917.46747.malcolm@malcolm-agnew.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <200507040917.46747.malcolm@malcolm-agnew.de> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: malcolm Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com malcolm wrote: >On Monday 04 July 2005 05:42, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>Horst von Brand wrote: >> >> >>>>Right. But, /proc started somewhere, didn't it? >>>> >>>> >>>Sun. >>> >>> >>No, plan 9. >> >> > >Actually, I heard a lecture on implementing /proc in BSD at least 5 years >earlier than plan 9. > > http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/art-unix-programming/plan9.html says "Some Plan 9 ideas have been absorbed into modern Unixes, particularly the more innovative open-source versions. FreeBSD has a /proc file system modeled exactly on that of Plan 9 that can be used to query or control running processes." Can you cite the other viewpoint? >>It seems to me that what you are all arguing about is whether it is >>better to be at the front of the herd, or in the middle, or in the >>back. I don't think this one can be resolved, except that I would >>suggest that Linux, by virtue of the kernel configuration functionality, >>has space enough for persons of all three inclinations, if we can just >>leave each other be a bit. >> >>Hans >> >> > > > >