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 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
34 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
36 -----------------------
38 busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
40 Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
42 -----------------------
46 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
47 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
50 -----------------------
53 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
54 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
56 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
57 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
58 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
59 I'll add this to the TODO list,
62 -----------------------
65 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
66 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
67 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
68 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
72 ------------------------------------------------------------------
75 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
76 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
77 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
78 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
79 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
80 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
81 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
82 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
83 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
84 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
89 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
91 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
92 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
93 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
94 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
95 > that I'm quite familiar with).
97 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
98 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
104 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
107 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
109 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
110 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
111 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
113 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
119 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
120 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
121 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
123 Here's the list anyway...
125 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
126 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
128 /bin/mount /proc/devices
129 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
130 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
132 /bin/netstat /proc/net
133 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
134 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
135 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
136 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
137 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
138 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
139 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
140 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
141 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
142 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
143 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
144 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
145 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
146 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
147 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
148 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
149 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
150 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
152 /bin/umount /proc/devices
153 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
155 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
156 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
157 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
158 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
159 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
160 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
162 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
164 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
166 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
167 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
169 /sbin/getty /proc/version
171 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
172 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
173 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
174 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
175 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
176 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
177 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
179 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
181 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
182 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
183 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
184 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
186 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
187 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
188 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
190 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
192 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
193 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
194 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
195 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
197 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
199 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
201 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
203 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
204 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
205 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
206 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
208 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
210 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
211 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
212 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
214 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
216 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
218 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
219 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
220 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
221 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
222 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
223 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
224 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
225 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
226 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
227 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
228 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
230 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
231 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
232 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
234 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
235 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
237 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
239 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
241 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
244 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
245 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
246 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
247 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
248 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
250 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
251 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
252 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
253 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
254 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
255 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
257 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
259 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
261 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
263 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
265 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
267 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
268 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
271 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
272 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
273 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
274 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
275 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
277 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
279 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
280 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
281 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
282 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
284 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
285 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
286 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
288 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
290 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
292 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
293 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
295 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
297 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
298 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
299 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
300 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
301 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
302 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
304 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
305 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
306 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
307 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
308 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
309 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
311 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
312 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
313 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
314 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
315 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
317 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
318 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
319 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
320 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
321 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
322 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
323 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
324 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
325 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
326 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
327 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
329 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
331 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
333 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
335 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
336 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
337 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
339 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
340 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
341 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
343 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
345 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
346 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
347 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
348 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
349 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
350 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
352 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
353 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
354 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
356 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
358 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
359 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
360 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
361 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
362 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
363 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
365 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
366 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
367 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
368 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
369 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
370 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
372 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
373 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
374 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
375 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
376 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
377 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
379 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
381 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
382 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
384 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
386 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
387 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
388 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
389 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
391 Best wishes from Riley.
393 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
394 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
396 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
397 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
398 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
399 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
400 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
401 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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