From deca106b6dad70ad0a1312a82d762aa8d8ad52ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 07:24:08 +0000 Subject: Kill CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_DEVPS_PATCH and the devps patch. I'm not maintaining it anymore, and it is now terribly out of date. -Erik --- examples/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel | 104 --------------------- 1 file changed, 104 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 examples/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel (limited to 'examples/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel') diff --git a/examples/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel b/examples/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel deleted file mode 100644 index c541c0f..0000000 --- a/examples/kernel-patches/Will_devps_GoIntoTheKernel +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -I have been asked several times whether the devps patch will go into the -mainline Linux kernel. The following emails from Alan Cox and Linus 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 - - -- cgit v1.1