Re: /proc fs implementation under hurd
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 03:20:47PM -0500, hutchisa@csis.gvsu.edu wrote:
>
> I've noticed that there is a placeholder "/proc" in the Hurd
> distribution... is there plans to implement /proc under Hurd?
No, it is cruft. It will vanish when base-files is architecture any instead
all.
> What are implementation plans for it; i.e. is it to be implemented
> as a translator (or multiple translators); or something else
> altogether?
If it is implemented then as a translator of course. Maybe as part of the
Linux emulation layer.
> I wanted to create some simple translators for a class project; that did
> /proc-ish things, but as I'm new to Hurd (and gnumach) I'm not sure how to
> get valuable information, and from which servers I can get it. Should I
> check the CMU docs on Mach for this, or will that not get me anywhere?
You should probably check the Hurd .defs files, but I am not sure that
the Hurd servers expose their information. Interesting servers for such
a project would be proc (sure it does expose :) and probably auth.
Marcus
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