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- From: Claus Brod <clausb@hpbeo79.bbn.hp.com>
- Subject: Re: /dev/kmem
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 10:26:33 MESZ
- In-Reply-To: <199407200701.AA14498@hieper.math.ruu.nl>; from "Richard Huveneers" at Jul 20, 94 9:01 am
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
-
- > Since "ps" normally consults /dev/kmem, I can do two things:
- >
- > - Change "ps" to consult /proc
- > - Implement /dev/kmem
- >
- > The last one seems the most desireable solution to me, since Mint would become
- > more BSD-ish in that way.
- >
- > Now my question is this: Why was /proc implemented into Mint?
- > Has /proc advantages over /dev/kmem?
-
- I think one advantage is that the kernel has more control over what it
- publishes in /proc, and that the /proc device is visible to the user
- for simple manipulations such as in the MultiTOS desktop.
-
- I'm not sure, however, what a /dev/kmem offers. If it opens up the
- complete kernel address space to other processes, I would definitely
- prefer the /proc approach since it seems safer to me.
-
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