Re: KVM (kernel memory interface)
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:53:18 -0700, Mark Ferlatte <ferlatte@cryptio.net> wrote:
> stan said on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 04:45:12PM -0400:
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:43:36PM -0400, Stewart Flood wrote:
> > > Is there a package that I need to install? If not, what do I use to get the
> > > functionality of KVM?
> > >
> > The kvm interface in the BSD's is used to collect things like process
> > information etc.
> >
> > How is that done in Linux?
>
> You read values out of the /proc filesystem.
>
> I don't believe there is a KVM interface to the Linux /proc information,
> though; you'll need to provide your own layer.
Writing a layer to emulate KVM is probably easier than re-writing your
app to read from /proc. If you do this, please also release it under a
DFSG compatible licence so other people may benefit :-)
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Jon Dowland
dowland@gmail.com
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