On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Proc type stuff is a lot older than Linux or Unix AFAIK. Loadable modules > ditto but the full load/unload/autoload stuff I've not seen pre-Linux.
Representation of process state and control of that state via files on a filesystem? AFAIK, it's 80s stuff and at least one of the sources had been research branch in Bell Labs - whether you call it Unix or not... Do you have any references for that animal in earlier systems? A lot older than Unix would mean 50s or 60s... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
