Subject: Re: procfs/kernfs "required"? [was Re: kernel & libkvm... ]
To: None <greywolf@captech.com>
From: None <Chris_G_Demetriou@NIAGARA.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 01/11/1996 21:04:29
> And that's a GENERIC kernel, whereas my SunOS kernel is trimmed of all
> unnecessary stuff (RFS, VFSSTATS, LWP, ASYNCHIO, tim, tirw, tcptli, bwtwo,
> cgthree, cgtwelve, gt aren't used). My tuned NetBSD kernel is even smaller:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root systaff 1003015 Dec 8 10:44 /netbsd.new
> text data bss dec hex
> 827360 98888 79008 1005256 f56c8
>
> ...so tossing in /proc is negligible.
Without even ATTEMPTING to state the size of adding procfs, where do
you come off stating _that_?
and:
even if it's one page, that's one page that i'd rather have unwired
and available for my applications...
chris