Re: [uml-user] proc fs and ip address

[Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@xxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 06 October 2006 00:48, Nic James Ferrier wrote:
> Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Given that you need to find the dhcp client and count on it having the
> > lease file open on a particular descriptor, I would call this not very
> > nice.
>
> /8->
>
> I think I can alter mconsole_kern::mconsole_proc so that it returns
> data for directories the same way as it does for files.
>
> Is there a reason that can't be done?
No, it can be done. Produce a working patch and then that will be ok, and I 
guess it will be appreciated (at least by me). It isn't IMHO that much 
trivial however - the code will be probably be similar but not identical to 
the userspace equivalent (using getdents()).

Then, if the patch should be included, one could wonder about the format to 
use for data passing - one could pass, say, the output of ls -l, but better 
designs (implying changes in mconsole protocols) exist; one could also split 
the "listing" and the "stat" operations, without changes to the mconsole 
protocol; however a first implementation can surely avoid caring to these 
problems.
-- 
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