Access to kmem - System namelist - '
hamilton at uiucuxc.UUCP
hamilton at uiucuxc.UUCP
Tue Dec 4 03:51:00 AEST 1984
> /* Written 11:26 pm Dec 1, 1984 by john at dido in uiucuxc:net.unix-wizar */
> /* ---------- "Access to kmem - System namelist - '" ---------- */
> Why do so many commands such as 'ps', 'ipcs' and what have you have to use
> the /unix namelist to find out kernel addresses?
>
> I'd like to propose subdivisions of /dev/kmem, thus
>
> /dev/kmem/proc for the process table
> /dev/kmem/inode for the inode table
>
> and so forth. Implementation would be trivial.
> /* End of text from uiucuxc:net.unix-wizar */
i think whitesmiths' idris adopted this approach. if i remember right,
they had a /dev/proc, /dev/user, etc, all minor devices of the same major
device.
wayne ({decvax,ucbvax}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!)hamilton
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