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From: gpalmer@SPAM.webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
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Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux
Date: 22 May 1997 21:06:17 EDT
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In article <ohkk9krjg1m.fsf@bermuda.io.com>,
Steve Coltrin <spcoltri@bermuda.io.com> writes:
>> 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
Whoops :-)
One of the more forgotten filesystems in FreeBSD I think. I don't even
know of anyone using it :-/
Gary