Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.0, loggings, cpu quotas, 2.1 issues, etc. | Date | Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:54:34 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Aaron Tiensivu" <> |
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> ***** Second, I would like to see some of the meter-0.2 or Portato code > integrated into kernel source and/or modules. This way, system status > lights could be updated by the kernel, without reading /proc or calling > uptime/ps/the like. This might be considered bloat, but that why it is > optional.
I think this still belongs in "user-space-land".. that's a featurism that probably .5% of the Linux community uses and works well, in user-space.
That's the main reason /proc is there, from what I can gather.. so you can write 'support' programs that can do exactly what 'Portato' or 'ps' does.
> ***** Better removeable media/cartridge support. Many devices (Zip, Jazz, > Bernouli, CDROM, etc) can be ejected by software. When the disk is > unmounted, the device should eject it's disk. This should not be very > difficult to implement.
It's usually a user-definable configuration option already.. many people do not want it set as default due to crampt desk-space/etc..
> ***** Lastly, the Rob Krawitz P5/FPU memcpy() should be included into > 2.1. It has been working flawlessly since 1.3.8x, and I have never had > any bit flips or corruption of any kind. I can do a make -j on the > kernel souces without a problem. His machine is rather flaky, and the > only other problem is that SMP support together with pentium memcpy will > not boot.
It should be included in 2.1, optionally, not default.
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