From b1b89e285609f05411f55b652c4dffa06eb163b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jbranso@dismail.de" Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:30:23 -0400 Subject: tweak the translator/procfs page * hurd/translator.mdwn: link to procfs * hurd/translator.mdwn: tweak the page a little. Message-ID: <20241016233039.17856-7-jbranso@dismail.de> --- hurd/translator.mdwn | 1 + hurd/translator/procfs.mdwn | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/hurd/translator.mdwn b/hurd/translator.mdwn index 9fe4aab0..13932701 100644 --- a/hurd/translator.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator.mdwn @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ The [[concept|concepts]] of translators creates its own problems, too: * [[ifsock]] * [[password]] * [[proc]] +* [[procfs]] * [[pfinet]] * [[lwip]] * [[eth-filter]] diff --git a/hurd/translator/procfs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/procfs.mdwn index b3753592..8735e88c 100644 --- a/hurd/translator/procfs.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator/procfs.mdwn @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ systems, and many tools concerned with process management use it. (`ps`, `top`, `htop`, `gtop`, `killall`, `pkill`, ...) Instead of porting all these tools to use [[libps]] (Hurd's official method for -accessing process information), they could be made to run out of the box, by -implementing a Linux-compatible `/proc` filesystem for the Hurd. +accessing process information), they run out of the box, via the +Hurd's Linux-compatible `procfs` at `/proc`. (On Linux, the +`/proc` filesystem is used also for debugging purposes; but this is +highly system-specific anyways, so there is probably no point in +trying to duplicate this functionality as well...) -The goal is to implement all `/proc` functionality needed for the various process -management tools to work. (On Linux, the `/proc` filesystem is used also for -debugging purposes; but this is highly system-specific anyways, so there is -probably no point in trying to duplicate this functionality as well...) +# History of procfs -Ther was an implementation in [[open_issues/HurdExtras]], +There was an implementation in [[open_issues/HurdExtras]], . Madhusudan.C.S has implemented a new, fully functional [[procfs|madhusudancs]] for -- cgit v1.2.3