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 Bugs that need fixing as of Mon May 8 17:22:06 MDT 2000
20 - 'grep foo$ file' doesn't work
21 - 'grep *foo file' segfaults
22 - ps dirent race bug (need to stat the file before attempting chdir)
28 * Make insmod actually work
36 * wget (or whatever I call it)
39 * group/commonize strings, remove dups (for i18n, l10n)
42 -----------------------
44 Add a compile option to turn off all the compiled in help
45 and usage information. Some folks don't need or want it...
47 -----------------------
49 Running the following:
51 rm -f busybox && make LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib 2>&1 | \
52 sed -ne 's/.*undefined reference to `\(.*\)..*/\1/gp' | sort | uniq
54 reveals the list of all external (i.e. libc) things that BusyBox depends on.
55 It would be a very nice thing to reduce this list to an absolute minimum, and
56 then create a microLibc to provide these functions. There is no good reason
57 for GNU libc to be so big. I'm sure it can be a lot better.
59 (BTW, this is more informative if BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT is turned off...)
63 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getgroups *.[ch]
66 Policy violation. getgroups uses libc nss, which is unlikely
67 to be present in an embedded system.
69 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getopt *.[ch]
77 This includes the symbols:
83 To be replaced with a non-getopt parser.
85 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l glob *.[ch]
92 Can check_wildcard_match() from utility.c do this job?
95 -----------------------
97 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
98 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
100 -----------------------
102 busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
104 Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
106 -----------------------
110 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
111 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
114 -----------------------
117 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
118 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
120 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
121 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
122 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
123 I'll add this to the TODO list,
126 -----------------------
129 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
130 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
131 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
132 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
136 ------------------------------------------------------------------
139 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
140 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
141 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
142 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
143 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
144 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
145 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
146 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
147 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
148 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
153 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
155 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
156 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
157 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
158 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
159 > that I'm quite familiar with).
161 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
162 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
168 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
171 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
173 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
174 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
175 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
177 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
183 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
184 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
185 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
187 Here's the list anyway...
189 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
190 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
192 /bin/mount /proc/devices
193 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
194 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
196 /bin/netstat /proc/net
197 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
198 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
199 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
200 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
201 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
202 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
203 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
204 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
205 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
206 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
207 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
208 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
209 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
210 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
211 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
212 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
213 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
214 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
216 /bin/umount /proc/devices
217 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
219 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
220 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
221 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
222 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
223 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
224 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
226 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
228 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
230 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
231 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
233 /sbin/getty /proc/version
235 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
236 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
237 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
238 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
239 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
240 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
241 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
243 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
245 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
246 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
247 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
248 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
250 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
251 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
252 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
254 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
256 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
257 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
258 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
259 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
261 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
263 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
265 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
267 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
268 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
269 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
270 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
272 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
274 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
275 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
276 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
278 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
280 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
282 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
283 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
284 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
285 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
286 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
287 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
288 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
289 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
290 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
291 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
292 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
294 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
295 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
296 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
298 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
299 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
301 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
303 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
305 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
308 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
309 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
310 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
311 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
312 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
314 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
315 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
316 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
317 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
318 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
319 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
321 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
323 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
325 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
327 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
329 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
331 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
332 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
335 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
336 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
337 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
338 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
339 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
341 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
343 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
344 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
345 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
346 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
348 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
349 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
350 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
352 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
354 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
356 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
357 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
359 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
361 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
362 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
363 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
364 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
365 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
366 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
368 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
369 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
370 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
371 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
372 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
373 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
375 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
376 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
377 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
378 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
379 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
381 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
382 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
383 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
384 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
385 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
386 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
387 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
388 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
389 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
390 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
391 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
393 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
395 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
397 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
399 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
400 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
401 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
403 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
404 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
405 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
407 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
409 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
410 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
411 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
412 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
413 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
414 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
416 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
417 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
418 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
420 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
422 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
423 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
424 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
425 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
426 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
427 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
429 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
430 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
431 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
432 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
433 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
434 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
436 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
437 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
438 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
439 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
440 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
441 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
443 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
445 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
446 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
448 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
450 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
451 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
452 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
453 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
455 Best wishes from Riley.
457 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
458 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
460 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
461 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
462 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
463 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
464 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
465 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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