Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 14:00:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 14:00:14 -0500 Received: from unthought.net ([212.97.129.24]:52952 "HELO mail.unthought.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 13:59:59 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 19:59:55 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jakob_=D8stergaard?= To: Tim Jansen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff] Message-ID: <20011104195955.K14001@unthought.net> Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jakob_=D8stergaard?= , Tim Jansen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <160QM5-1HAz5sC@fmrl00.sul.t-online.com> <20011104184839.F14001@unthought.net> <160S2o-1JXpD6C@fmrl05.sul.t-online.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <160S2o-1JXpD6C@fmrl05.sul.t-online.com>; from tim@tjansen.de on Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:34:00PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:34:00PM +0100, Tim Jansen wrote: > On Sunday 04 November 2001 18:48, you wrote: > > > Is there is a way to implement a filesystem in user-space? What you could > > You're proposing a replacement of /proc ? > > I was asking whether there is a way to do compatibility stuff and human > readable interfaces in user space. Probably. I'm just trying to: 1) Supplement an unstable "API sort-of-thing" with something that's stable and can last. 2) Come up with a realistic idea that can be implemented, tested, and deemed "obviously correct" and "good" in finite time 3) Not break stuff more than it already is, and allow for a gradual transition to something that won't break mysteriously every ten kernel releases. The idea is that if the userland application does it's parsing wrong, it should either not compile at all, or abort loudly at run-time, instead of getting bad values "sometimes". -- ................................................................ : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob ?stergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/