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...)
52 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getgroups *.[ch]
55 Policy violation. getgroups uses libc nss, which is unlikely
56 to be present in an embedded system.
58 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getopt *.[ch]
66 This includes the symbols:
72 To be replaced with a non-getopt parser.
74 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l glob *.[ch]
81 Can check_wildcard_match() from utility.c do this job?
84 -----------------------
86 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
87 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
89 -----------------------
91 busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
93 Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
95 -----------------------
99 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
100 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
103 -----------------------
106 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
107 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
109 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
110 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
111 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
112 I'll add this to the TODO list,
115 -----------------------
118 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
119 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
120 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
121 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
125 ------------------------------------------------------------------
128 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
129 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
130 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
131 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
132 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
133 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
134 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
135 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
136 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
137 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
142 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
144 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
145 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
146 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
147 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
148 > that I'm quite familiar with).
150 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
151 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
157 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
160 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
162 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
163 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
164 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
166 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
172 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
173 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
174 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
176 Here's the list anyway...
178 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
179 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
181 /bin/mount /proc/devices
182 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
183 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
185 /bin/netstat /proc/net
186 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
187 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
188 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
189 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
190 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
191 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
192 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
193 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
194 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
195 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
196 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
197 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
198 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
199 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
200 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
201 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
202 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
203 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
205 /bin/umount /proc/devices
206 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
208 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
209 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
210 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
211 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
212 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
213 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
215 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
217 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
219 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
220 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
222 /sbin/getty /proc/version
224 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
225 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
226 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
227 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
228 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
229 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
230 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
232 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
234 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
235 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
236 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
237 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
239 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
240 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
241 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
243 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
245 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
246 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
247 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
248 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
250 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
252 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
254 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
256 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
257 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
258 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
259 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
261 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
263 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
264 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
265 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
267 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
269 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
271 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
272 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
273 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
274 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
275 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
276 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
277 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
278 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
279 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
280 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
281 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
283 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
284 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
285 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
287 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
288 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
290 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
292 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
294 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
297 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
298 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
299 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
300 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
301 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
303 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
304 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
305 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
306 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
307 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
308 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
310 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
312 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
314 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
316 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
318 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
320 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
321 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
324 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
325 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
326 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
327 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
328 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
330 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
332 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
333 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
334 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
335 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
337 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
338 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
339 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
341 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
343 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
345 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
346 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
348 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
350 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
351 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
352 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
353 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
354 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
355 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
357 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
358 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
359 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
360 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
361 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
362 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
364 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
365 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
366 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
367 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
368 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
370 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
371 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
372 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
373 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
374 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
375 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
376 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
377 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
378 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
379 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
380 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
382 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
384 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
386 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
388 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
389 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
390 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
392 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
393 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
394 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
396 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
398 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
399 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
400 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
401 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
402 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
403 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
405 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
406 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
407 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
409 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
411 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
412 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
413 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
414 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
415 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
416 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
418 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
419 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
420 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
421 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
422 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
423 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
425 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
426 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
427 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
428 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
429 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
430 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
432 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
434 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
435 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
437 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
439 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
440 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
441 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
442 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
444 Best wishes from Riley.
446 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
447 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
449 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
450 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
451 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
452 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
453 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
454 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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