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
25 * expr (maybe?) (ash builtin?)
29 -----------------------
31 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
32 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
35 -----------------------
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 -----------------------
45 There is no exclude file(s) option to tar. LRP's packaging system can not
46 function without this. Will you have the time to add this soon?
49 -----------------------
53 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
54 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
58 -----------------------
61 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
62 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
64 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
65 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
66 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
67 I'll add this to the TODO list,
70 -----------------------
73 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
74 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
75 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
76 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
80 ------------------------------------------------------------------
83 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
84 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
85 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
86 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
87 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
88 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
89 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
90 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
91 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
92 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
97 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
99 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
100 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
101 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
102 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
103 > that I'm quite familiar with).
105 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
106 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
112 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
115 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
117 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
118 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
119 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
121 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
127 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
128 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
129 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
131 Here's the list anyway...
133 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
134 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
136 /bin/mount /proc/devices
137 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
138 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
140 /bin/netstat /proc/net
141 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
142 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
143 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
144 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
145 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
146 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
147 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
148 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
149 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
150 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
151 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
152 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
153 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
154 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
155 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
156 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
157 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
158 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
160 /bin/umount /proc/devices
161 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
163 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
164 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
165 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
166 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
167 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
168 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
170 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
172 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
174 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
175 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
177 /sbin/getty /proc/version
179 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
180 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
181 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
182 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
183 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
184 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
185 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
187 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
189 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
190 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
191 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
192 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
194 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
195 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
196 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
198 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
200 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
201 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
202 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
203 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
205 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
207 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
209 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
211 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
212 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
213 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
214 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
216 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
218 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
219 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
220 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
222 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
224 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
226 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
227 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
228 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
229 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
230 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
231 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
232 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
233 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
234 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
235 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
236 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
238 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
239 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
240 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
242 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
243 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
245 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
247 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
249 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
252 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
253 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
254 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
255 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
256 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
258 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
259 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
260 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
261 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
262 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
263 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
265 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
267 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
269 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
271 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
273 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
275 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
276 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
279 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
280 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
281 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
282 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
283 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
285 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
287 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
288 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
289 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
290 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
292 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
293 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
294 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
296 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
298 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
300 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
301 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
303 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
305 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
306 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
307 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
308 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
309 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
310 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
312 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
313 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
314 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
315 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
316 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
317 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
319 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
320 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
321 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
322 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
323 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
325 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
326 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
327 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
328 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
329 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
330 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
331 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
332 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
333 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
334 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
335 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
337 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
339 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
341 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
343 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
344 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
345 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
347 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
348 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
349 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
351 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
353 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
354 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
355 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
356 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
357 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
358 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
360 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
361 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
362 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
364 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
366 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
367 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
368 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
369 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
370 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
371 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
373 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
374 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
375 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
376 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
377 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
378 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
380 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
381 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
382 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
383 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
384 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
385 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
387 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
389 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
390 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
392 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
394 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
395 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
396 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
397 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
399 Best wishes from Riley.
401 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
402 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
404 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
405 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
406 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
407 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
408 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
409 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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