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 in 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 andusage information. Some folks don't need or want it...
36 -----------------------
38 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
39 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
41 -----------------------
43 busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
45 Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
47 -----------------------
51 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
52 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
55 -----------------------
58 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
59 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
61 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
62 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
63 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
64 I'll add this to the TODO list,
67 -----------------------
70 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
71 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
72 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
73 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
77 ------------------------------------------------------------------
80 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
81 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
82 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
83 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
84 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
85 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
86 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
87 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
88 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
89 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
94 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
96 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
97 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
98 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
99 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
100 > that I'm quite familiar with).
102 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
103 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
109 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
112 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
114 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
115 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
116 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
118 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
124 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
125 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
126 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
128 Here's the list anyway...
130 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
131 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
133 /bin/mount /proc/devices
134 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
135 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
137 /bin/netstat /proc/net
138 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
139 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
140 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
141 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
142 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
143 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
144 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
145 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
146 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
147 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
148 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
149 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
150 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
151 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
152 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
153 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
154 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
155 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
157 /bin/umount /proc/devices
158 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
160 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
161 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
162 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
163 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
164 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
165 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
167 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
169 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
171 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
172 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
174 /sbin/getty /proc/version
176 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
177 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
178 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
179 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
180 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
181 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
182 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
184 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
186 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
187 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
188 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
189 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
191 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
192 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
193 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
195 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
197 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
198 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
199 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
200 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
202 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
204 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
206 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
208 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
209 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
210 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
211 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
213 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
215 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
216 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
217 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
219 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
221 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
223 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
224 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
225 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
226 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
227 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
228 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
229 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
230 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
231 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
232 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
233 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
235 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
236 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
237 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
239 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
240 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
242 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
244 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
246 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
249 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
250 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
251 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
252 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
253 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
255 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
256 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
257 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
258 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
259 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
260 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
262 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
264 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
266 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
268 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
270 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
272 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
273 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
276 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
277 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
278 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
279 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
280 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
282 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
284 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
285 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
286 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
287 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
289 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
290 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
291 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
293 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
295 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
297 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
298 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
300 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
302 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
303 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
304 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
305 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
306 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
307 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
309 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
310 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
311 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
312 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
313 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
314 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
316 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
317 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
318 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
319 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
320 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
322 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
323 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
324 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
325 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
326 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
327 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
328 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
329 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
330 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
331 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
332 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
334 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
336 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
338 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
340 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
341 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
342 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
344 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
345 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
346 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
348 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
350 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
351 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
352 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
353 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
354 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
355 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
357 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
358 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
359 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
361 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
363 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
364 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
365 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
366 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
367 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
368 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
370 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
371 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
372 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
373 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
374 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
375 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
377 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
378 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
379 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
380 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
381 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
382 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
384 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
386 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
387 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
389 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
391 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
392 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
393 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
394 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
396 Best wishes from Riley.
398 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
399 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
401 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
402 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
403 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
404 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
405 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
406 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
407 * http://www.memalpha.cx/Linux/Kernel/
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