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Not just BSDs; no major operating system other than Linux uses procfs anymore.
by trasz2 4y ago
Not just BSDs; no major operating system other than Linux uses procfs anymore.
- kelnos 4y agoSure, but Linux is also on more devices than any other OS in the world. Your statement would be more damning it Linux was a minority player or on the decline, but that's not the case. Procfs seems... fine, really.
- ectopod 4y agoBeing pedantic, isn't Minix more widespread because Intel embedded it in CPUs?
- trasz2 4y agoAlso most Linux machines, like phones, also contain instances of things like SEL4, often a couple of them. And Linux... well, it managed to accumulate a lot of historical baggage for something that young. Device numbers are another example.
- TristanBall 4y agoNearly 30 years seems like plenty of time? Many projects manage to accumulate plenty of tech debt in 30 months, without being a deliberate work-alike reimplementation of an existing system.. which I suspect means you're already starting with a certain amount of baggage.
- linksnapzz 4y agoSolaris has had procfs for years.
- trasz2 4y agoSolaris is a history at this point.
- linksnapzz 4y agoOracle and Fujitsu still sell and support it.
- nix23 4y agoReally? Tell that oxide computers...well it's not Solaris but Illumos.