Subject: Re: @booted_kernel magic symlink?
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/27/2006 10:11:04
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:33:44PM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> >  - usr.bin/pmap
> >
> >     Ugg.  Maybe the worst of the grovellers.
> >   
> 
> By its very nature, I suspect pmap is going to "want" to have access to
> some pretty low level details.  This one might be hard to convert.

Is it a good idea to convert it? This would mean to invent a stable
interface between the kernel and userland to examine UVM internal data.
Later, UVM may change and the interface would not match it anymore. What
will you do in this case?

Pavel