>> 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.

Sure, the bits that're repackaged NetBSD procfs + kernfs are
straightforward, and that should cover most of the install-time
requirements.

Maybe we're disagreeing on estimates of how much of /proc Linux apps
use, and how much they want to run. Or about what Linux users will
understand if we claim "Linux /proc compatibility".