Re: decode /proc

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From: unruh
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:26

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On 2010-01-30, Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> wrote:
> peter wrote:
>> Dear All
>>     I want to display the /proc information in my bochs GUI (http://
>> peter-bochs.googlecode.com). My question is, Is /proc completely
>> located in memory? If yes, how can I get its location? and how can I
>> decode it?
>> 
>> thanks
>> from Peter (cmk128@hotmail.com)
>
>
> There is no single memory block associated
> with the files in /proc. For most of the
> files, the output data is generated when
> the read system call is performed to the file.

No, but there is a single place to get the info, called /proc. 
Why he wants something else I do not know. He is handed a single
location to get all the decoded data and then asks where he can find all
the data and how to  decode it. 

>
> For documentation, get Linux sources and
> see the proc filesystem description in the
> documentation directory,
>

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