Re: nlist() and MiNT itself.

[Stephen Usher <Stephen.Usher@earth.ox.ac.uk>]

>>PS. If you're wondering what info I'm trying to find.. I've added uptime and
>>load averages to my version of MiNT 1.09 (I'll post the diffs once I know
>>it's working properly). At the moment the only way I can see the
>>loadaverages is to press ctrl-alt-F6.. it's a right pain.
>
>Why don't you implement a system call (say Sloadavg()) to retrieve the
>information?  This method has the advantage of not requiring read
>permission on any special files.

Good thinking Batman!

And Uptime could be Suptime() I suppose.

So as to be source compatable with Unix there'd have to be a routine called
getloadavg() added to the library for the load.. I'm not sure if thet IS a
standard way to get the uptime.

It would be nice if we could use nlist() to look into the kernel though, it
should help to get a proper ps etc. working.

It's facinating what you find when you read /proc/MiNT.000.. it's a pity
it's not MiNT itself!

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Steve

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