Re: gnome on FreeBSD [procfs]...

[Stephen Robert Norris <srn fn com au>]

> 0) go through and modify all the programs to work on FreeBSD [PAIN].
>    This might not even be possible... I attempted to do this with wmload
>    a couple of weeks ago, but can't find a way to get nice and free times
>    with getrusage(...)
> 1) Modify FreeBSD's procfs code to support all the linux-like special
>    services.  This might be a bit beyond my ability...
> 2) Encourage the FreeBSD people to do 1...
> 3) Swtich to a "real" flava' of Linux...
> 
> Later next week -- after finals end -- I'll start investigating these
> possibilities...  I'm leaning toward 1), as it [or 2] is the best
> solution...

Well, at least for netload (& cpuload) the /proc stuff is all in a single file,
with a pretty simple interface, so replacing it with the native version should
be pretty easy.

	Stephen