Re: /proc

[Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 04:25:08PM -0400, Michael Bacarella wrote:
> 
> I *like* /proc
> 
> What are the arguements for excluding it? Forgive me if I'm not very
> informed, I recall someone saying that the Hurd is probably going to do
> away with /proc

You are not very informed. The whole Hurd is based on /proc done right.
It's just that it is not the kernel's privilege to attach a program to
a file inode. These are called translators.

Furthermore, it's questionable if and when /proc will be imitated as it is
provided by linux, because this assumes a single authority for providing
such information (the kernel). As you may know, the Hurd is based on a
microkernel and there is no such single authority.

Anyway this doesn't belong here.

Thanks,
Marcus

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