Subject: Re: word processor that runs on NetBSD/i386? (FAQ?)
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/22/1998 16:30:08
Jonathan Stone writes:
> The linux procfs is a huge directory tree with human-readable text
> databases on everything in the system. Think of it as a replacement
> for
[...]
> and I'm sure there are several I've left out.
> I think emulating all of these faithfully would be a hard task.

We needn't emulate *all* of it -- just the portions that important
software we want to run wishes for us to have available.

.pm