Subject: Re: 3 wishes -2
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
From: T@W <lsp93@xs4all.nl>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/13/1999 21:36:15
Colin Wood wrote:
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Bill Studenmund wrote:
>That's not a problem with "/proc" but a problem with your kernel and ps
>being out of sync.
>
>ps normally goes looking in kernel memory for info on running processes.
>It looks in /netbsd to figure out where to look. If your running kernel,
>/netbsd, and ps aren't in sync with each other, it looks in the wrong
>place. That's what "Proc size mismatch" means.
>
>ps now will look in /proc to try and tell you something of what's going
>on. But not all the info available from kernel memory is available via
>/proc. That's what the "WARNING:/proc does not provide valid data for all
>files" message means.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill

Thanks both