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From: Steve Coltrin <spcoltri@bermuda.io.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux
Date: 22 May 1997 17:30:29 -0500
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gpalmer@SPAM.webspan.net (Gary Palmer) writes:
> stephen farrell <stephen+usenet@farrell.org> writes:
> > 5. I like the /proc filesystem on linux. I'm a big fan of flashing
> > lights and the /proc filesystem makes it trivial to write status
> > utilities.
>
> That is relatively easy to emulate using either a much-customized
> portal fs or perhaps a linux_procfs. I do *NOT* want to touch /proc on
> FreeBSD, since it is meant to be a window onto the process table,
> filling it with junk is (IMHO) wrong, and I think Linux should have
> found another window onto the kernel for the odds and ends that are
> now in /proc
Like this? :)
MOUNT_KERNFS(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual MOUNT_KERNFS(8)
NAME
mount_kernfs - mount the /kern file system
SYNOPSIS
mount_kernfs [-o options] /kern mount_point
DESCRIPTION
The mount_kern command attaches an instance of the kernel parameter
namespace to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount
point is /kern. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot
time.
[etc]
-spc