On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:02:29 +0100 Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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? I don't know about proc in that sense prior to v8 unix I was thinking about the logical device stuff and filesystem objects/namepaces that produced program generated data. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/