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diff --git a/release/src/router/busybox/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel b/release/src/router/busybox/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel new file mode 100644 index 00000000..33ee8b47 --- /dev/null +++ b/release/src/router/busybox/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +I have been asked several times whether the devps patch will go into the +mainline Linux kernel. The following emails from Alan Cox and Linux Torvalds +make it clear that it is not going to happen. This does not mean this patch +had no value -- it does. It just means that those that like it get to apply it +themselves... + + -Erik + + +------------------------------- + +From alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Thu Apr 13 08:07:22 2000 +Return-Path: <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> +Delivered-To: andersen@dillweed.dsl.xmission.com +Received: from localhost (dillweed.dsl.xmission.com [10.0.0.1]) + by dillweed.dsl.xmission.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D57A11A4F5 + for <andersen@dillweed.dsl.xmission.com>; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:07:22 -0600 (MDT) +Envelope-to: andersen@xmission.com +Received: from mail.xmission.com + by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.3.3) + for andersen@dillweed.dsl.xmission.com (single-drop); Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:07:22 -0600 (MDT) +Received: from [194.168.151.1] (helo=the-village.bc.nu) + by mail.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #3) + id 12fhQk-0002OZ-00 + for andersen@xmission.com; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 05:05:03 -0600 +Received: from alan by the-village.bc.nu with local (Exim 2.12 #1) + id 12fhQ9-0002nD-00 + for andersen@xmission.com; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:04:25 +0100 +Subject: Re: kernel ps drivers [Was: vm locking question] +To: andersen@xmission.com +Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:04:23 +0100 (BST) +In-Reply-To: <20000412224130.A2748@xmission.com> from "Erik Andersen" at Apr 12, 2000 10:41:30 PM +X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +Message-Id: <E12fhQ9-0002nD-00@the-village.bc.nu> +From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> +Status: RO +X-Status: A +Content-Length: 242 +Lines: 6 + +> On the subject of ps, would you be willing to accept my /dev/ps +> patch into the kernel? If no, any suggestions on what should +> be done differently (if anything) to make it worthy of inclusion? + +For 2.2.x no, for 2.3.x ask Linus not me + + +From torvalds@transmeta.com Thu Apr 13 09:18:16 2000 +Return-Path: <torvalds@transmeta.com> +Delivered-To: andersen@dillweed.dsl.xmission.com +Received: from localhost (dillweed.dsl.xmission.com [10.0.0.1]) + by dillweed.dsl.xmission.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3776411A3DF + for <andersen@dillweed.dsl.xmission.com>; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:18:16 -0600 (MDT) +Envelope-to: andersen@xmission.com +Received: from mail.xmission.com + by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.3.3) + for andersen@dillweed.dsl.xmission.com (single-drop); Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:18:16 -0600 (MDT) +Received: from [209.10.217.66] (helo=neon-gw.transmeta.com) + by mail.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #3) + id 12flK2-0004dd-00 + for andersen@xmission.com; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:14:22 -0600 +Received: (from root@localhost) + by neon-gw.transmeta.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA18635; + Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:10:51 -0700 +Received: from mailhost.transmeta.com(10.1.1.15) by neon-gw.transmeta.com via smap (V2.1) + id xma018629; Thu, 13 Apr 00 08:10:25 -0700 +Received: from penguin.transmeta.com (root@penguin.transmeta.com [10.1.2.202]) + by deepthought.transmeta.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA12264; + Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:13:53 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (torvalds@localhost) by penguin.transmeta.com (8.9.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02051; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:13:53 -0700 +X-Authentication-Warning: penguin.transmeta.com: torvalds owned process doing -bs +Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:13:53 -0700 (PDT) +From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> +To: Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> +Cc: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> +Subject: Re: kernel ps drivers [Was: vm locking question] +In-Reply-To: <20000413083127.A976@xmission.com> +Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004130812170.2000-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII +Status: RO +Content-Length: 659 +Lines: 16 + + + +On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Erik Andersen wrote: +> +> For 2.3.x would you be willing to accept my /dev/ps driver into the kernel? +> (Assuming I remove the /dev/modules driver (since it was pointed out that there +> is a perfectly good syscall providing that interface). If no, is there anything +> that could be done differently (if anything) to make it worthy of inclusion? + +I do dislike /dev/ps mightily. If the problem is that /proc is too large, +then the right solution is to just clean up /proc. Which is getting done. +And yes, /proc will be larger than /dev/ps, but I still find that +preferable to having two incompatible ways to do the same thing. + + Linus + + |