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- Subject: Re: [FIX] PS FIX FOR 99p2 !!!
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- From: Greg Wettstein <NU013809@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:39:28 CST
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- Just a comment about ps vs. proc-ps. I use both, I have found for my
- work that the effort needed to get the kmem based ps is worth it for
- stable systems. The kmem based system seems to be faster, especially
- on some of our heavily loaded 80386sx systems than the /proc based
- program. This probably isn't significant but when you type ps a
- thousand times a day.....
-
- On my development systems I used the /proc based program almost
- exclusively since I never seem to have the kmem based one current
- enough to work correctly.
-
- So I think the answer is that like everything else both programs have
- a place. I would encourage Branko to provide the community with
- up to date source when 1.0 arrives. The problem with the kmem based
- ps was the tremendous speed with which the kernel was developed, 1.0
- should be the ideal platform for a kmem based program, security issues
- aside.
-
- I have been patching 0.98 as the kernels have evolved and have a
- stable source which provides functional ps, free, top etc programs for
- 0.99-PL2. Let me know if anybody wants a copy. Hopefuly since Linus
- is in bug-fix mode getting ready for 1.0 there should be very little
- in 1.0 that a recompile should not fix vis-a-vis a working copy of ps.
-
- As always,
- Dr. G.W. Wettstein
- Oncology Research Division Computing Facility
- Fargo Clinic / MeritCare
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