From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:44:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:44:24 -0400 Received: from garlic.amaranth.net ([216.235.243.195]:16903 "EHLO garlic.amaranth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:44:20 -0400 Message-ID: <3B178E0E.A4530D47@egenera.com> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 08:43:58 -0400 From: Phil Auld Organization: Egenera Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Configure.help is complete In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alexander Viro wrote: ...snip... > > We should start removing the crap from procfs in 2.5. Documenting shit is > a good step, but taking it out would be better. > Not to open a what may be can of worms but ... What's wrong with procfs? It allows a general interface to the kernel that does not require new syscalls/ioctls and can be accessed from user space without specifically compiled programs. You can use shell scripts, java, command line etc. Cheers, Phil ------------------------------------------------------ Philip R. Auld, Ph.D. Technical Staff Egenera Corp. pauld@egenera.com 165 Forest St, Marlboro, MA 01752 (508)786-9444