Access to kmem - System namelist - '

[hamilton at uiucuxc.UUCP]

> /* Written 11:26 pm  Dec  1, 1984 by john at dido in uiucuxc:net.unix-wizar */
> /* ---------- "Access to kmem - System namelist - '" ---------- */
> Why do so many commands such as 'ps', 'ipcs' and what have you have to use
> the /unix namelist to find out kernel addresses?
> 
> I'd like to propose subdivisions of /dev/kmem, thus
> 
> 	/dev/kmem/proc		for the process table
> 	/dev/kmem/inode		for the inode table
> 
> and so forth. Implementation would be trivial.
> /* End of text from uiucuxc:net.unix-wizar */

i think whitesmiths' idris adopted this approach.  if i remember right,
they had a /dev/proc, /dev/user, etc, all minor devices of the same major
device.
	wayne ({decvax,ucbvax}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!)hamilton