1 TODO list for busybox in no particular order. Just because something
2 is listed here doesn't mean that it is going to be added to busybox,
3 or that doing so is even a good idea. It just means that I _might_ get
4 around to it some time. If you have any good ideas, please let me know.
6 * login/sulogin/passwd/getty/etc are part of tinylogin, and so are not
7 needed or wanted in busybox (or else I'd have to link to libcrypt).
9 * Networking apps are probably going to be split out some time soon into a
10 separate package (named perhaps tiny-netkit?). This currently includes
11 hostid, hostname, mnc, and ping.
18 * Make insmod actually work
26 * wget (or whatever I call it)
31 -----------------------
33 Add a compile option to turn off all the compiled in help
34 and usage information. Some folks don't need or want it...
36 -----------------------
38 Running the following:
40 rm -f busybox && make LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib 2>&1 | \
41 sed -ne 's/.*undefined reference to `\(.*\)..*/\1/gp' | sort | uniq
43 reveals the list of all external (i.e. libc) things that BusyBox depends on.
44 It would be a very nice thing to reduce this list to an absolute minimum, and
45 then create a microLibc to provide these functions. There is no good reason
46 for GNU libc to be so big. I'm sure it can be a lot better.
48 (BTW, this is more informative if BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT is turned off...)
51 -----------------------
53 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
54 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
56 -----------------------
58 busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
60 Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
62 -----------------------
66 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
67 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
70 -----------------------
73 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
74 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
76 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
77 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
78 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
79 I'll add this to the TODO list,
82 -----------------------
85 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
86 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
87 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
88 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
92 ------------------------------------------------------------------
95 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
96 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
97 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
98 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
99 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
100 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
101 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
102 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
103 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
104 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
109 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
111 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
112 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
113 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
114 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
115 > that I'm quite familiar with).
117 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
118 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
124 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
127 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
129 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
130 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
131 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
133 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
139 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
140 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
141 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
143 Here's the list anyway...
145 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
146 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
148 /bin/mount /proc/devices
149 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
150 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
152 /bin/netstat /proc/net
153 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
154 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
155 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
156 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
157 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
158 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
159 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
160 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
161 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
162 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
163 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
164 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
165 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
166 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
167 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
168 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
169 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
170 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
172 /bin/umount /proc/devices
173 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
175 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
176 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
177 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
178 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
179 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
180 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
182 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
184 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
186 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
187 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
189 /sbin/getty /proc/version
191 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
192 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
193 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
194 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
195 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
196 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
197 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
199 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
201 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
202 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
203 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
204 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
206 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
207 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
208 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
210 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
212 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
213 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
214 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
215 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
217 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
219 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
221 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
223 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
224 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
225 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
226 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
228 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
230 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
231 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
232 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
234 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
236 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
238 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
239 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
240 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
241 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
242 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
243 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
244 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
245 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
246 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
247 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
248 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
250 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
251 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
252 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
254 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
255 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
257 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
259 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
261 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
264 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
265 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
266 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
267 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
268 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
270 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
271 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
272 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
273 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
274 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
275 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
277 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
279 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
281 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
283 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
285 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
287 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
288 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
291 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
292 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
293 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
294 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
295 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
297 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
299 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
300 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
301 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
302 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
304 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
305 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
306 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
308 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
310 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
312 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
313 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
315 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
317 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
318 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
319 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
320 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
321 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
322 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
324 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
325 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
326 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
327 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
328 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
329 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
331 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
332 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
333 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
334 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
335 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
337 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
338 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
339 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
340 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
341 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
342 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
343 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
344 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
345 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
346 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
347 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
349 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
351 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
353 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
355 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
356 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
357 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
359 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
360 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
361 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
363 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
365 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
366 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
367 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
368 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
369 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
370 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
372 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
373 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
374 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
376 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
378 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
379 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
380 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
381 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
382 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
383 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
385 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
386 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
387 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
388 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
389 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
390 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
392 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
393 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
394 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
395 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
396 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
397 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
399 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
401 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
402 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
404 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
406 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
407 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
408 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
409 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
411 Best wishes from Riley.
413 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
414 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
416 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
417 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
418 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
419 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
420 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
421 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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