Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752759AbXFWVCj (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:02:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751489AbXFWVCc (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:02:32 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:46996 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751464AbXFWVCb (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:02:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:02:29 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Alan Cox Cc: Grozdan Nikolov , Torsten Duwe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How innovative is Linux? Message-ID: <20070623210228.GY21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <200706231417.16086.microchip@chello.be> <20070623164608.05dc5c30@the-village.bc.nu> <200706231812.02317.duwe@lst.de> <200706231819.43556.microchip@chello.be> <20070623202343.621a244b@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070623202343.621a244b@the-village.bc.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 15 On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Proc type stuff is a lot older than Linux or Unix AFAIK. Loadable modules > ditto but the full load/unload/autoload stuff I've not seen pre-Linux. Representation of process state and control of that state via files on a filesystem? AFAIK, it's 80s stuff and at least one of the sources had been research branch in Bell Labs - whether you call it Unix or not... Do you have any references for that animal in earlier systems? A lot older than Unix would mean 50s or 60s... - 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/