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 netkit-tiny?). This would remove the
11 following items from BusyBox: hostid, hostname, nc, nslookup, telnet,
12 and ping. nfs mounting and syslogd (when it supports network logging)
13 will remain in BusyBox.
19 Bugs that need fixing:
21 - 'grep foo$ file' doesn't work
22 - 'grep *foo file' segfaults
23 - ps dirent race bug (need to stat the file before attempting chdir)
28 * Make insmod actually work
35 * wget (or whatever I call it)
38 * group/commonize strings, remove dups (for i18n, l10n)
41 -----------------------
43 Running the following:
45 rm -f busybox && make LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib 2>&1 | \
46 sed -ne 's/.*undefined reference to `\(.*\)..*/\1/gp' | sort | uniq
48 reveals the list of all external (i.e. libc) things that BusyBox depends on.
49 It would be a very nice thing to reduce this list to an absolute minimum, and
50 then create a microLibc to provide these functions. There is no good reason
51 for GNU libc to be so big. I'm sure it can be a lot better.
53 (BTW, this is more informative if BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT is turned off...)
57 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getgroups *.[ch]
60 Policy violation. getgroups uses libc nss, which is unlikely
61 to be present in an embedded system.
63 To be replaced with a busybox local glob routine:
65 [andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l glob *.[ch]
72 Can check_wildcard_match() from utility.c do this job?
75 -----------------------
77 Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
78 and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
80 -----------------------
82 busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
84 Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
86 -----------------------
90 /bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
91 can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
94 -----------------------
97 > Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
98 > would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
100 So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
101 messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
102 syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
103 I'll add this to the TODO list,
106 -----------------------
109 I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
110 st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
111 because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
112 another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
116 ------------------------------------------------------------------
119 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
120 From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
121 X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
122 To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
123 Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
124 Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
125 Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
126 In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
127 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
128 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
133 >> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
135 > That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
136 > programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
137 > and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
138 > extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
139 > that I'm quite familiar with).
141 As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
142 programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
148 Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
151 Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
153 ...and then went through it removing comments and print format
154 strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
155 list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
157 There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
163 ...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
164 However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
165 necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
167 Here's the list anyway...
169 /bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
170 /bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
172 /bin/mount /proc/devices
173 /bin/mount /proc/filesystems
174 /bin/mount /proc/mounts
176 /bin/netstat /proc/net
177 /bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
178 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
179 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
180 /bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
181 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
182 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
183 /bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
184 /bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
185 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
186 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
187 /bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
188 /bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
189 /bin/netstat /proc/net/route
190 /bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
191 /bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
192 /bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
193 /bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
194 /bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
196 /bin/umount /proc/devices
197 /bin/umount /proc/mounts
199 /sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
200 /sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
201 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
202 /sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
203 /sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
204 /sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
206 /sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
208 /sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
210 /sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
211 /sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
213 /sbin/getty /proc/version
215 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
216 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
217 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
218 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
219 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
220 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
221 /sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
223 /sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
225 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
226 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
227 /sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
228 /sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
230 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
231 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
232 /sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
234 /sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
236 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
237 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
238 /sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
239 /sbin/killall5 /proc/version
241 /sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
243 /sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
245 /sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
247 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
248 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
249 /sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
250 /sbin/pidof /proc/version
252 /sbin/probe /proc/pci
254 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
255 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
256 /sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
258 /sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
260 /sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
262 /sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
263 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
264 /sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
265 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
266 /sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
267 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr
268 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
269 /sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
270 /sbin/route /proc/net/route
271 /sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
272 /sbin/route /proc/net/unix
274 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
275 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
276 /sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
278 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
279 /sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
281 /sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
283 /sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
285 /sbin/uugetty /proc/version
288 /usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
289 /usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
290 /usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
291 /usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
292 /usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
294 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
295 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
296 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
297 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
298 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
299 /usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
301 /usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
303 /usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
305 /usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
307 /usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
309 /usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
311 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
312 /usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
315 /usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
316 /usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
317 /usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
318 /usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
319 /usr/bin/host /proc/stat
321 /usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
323 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
324 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
325 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
326 /usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
328 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
329 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
330 /usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
332 /usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
334 /usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
336 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
337 /usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
339 /usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
341 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
342 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
343 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
344 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
345 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
346 /usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
348 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
349 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
350 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
351 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
352 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
353 /usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
355 /usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
356 /usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
357 /usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
358 /usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
359 /usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
361 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
362 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
363 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
364 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
365 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
366 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
367 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
368 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
369 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
370 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
371 /usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
373 /usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
375 /usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
377 /usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
379 /usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
380 /usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
381 /usr/bin/top /proc/stat
383 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
384 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
385 /usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
387 /usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
389 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
390 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
391 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
392 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
393 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
394 /usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
396 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
397 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
398 /usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
400 /usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
402 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
403 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
404 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
405 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
406 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
407 /usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
409 /usr/sbin/named /proc/
410 /usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
411 /usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
412 /usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
413 /usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
414 /usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
416 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
417 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
418 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
419 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
420 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
421 /usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
423 /usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
425 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
426 /usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
428 /usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
430 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
431 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
432 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
433 /usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
435 Best wishes from Riley.
437 * Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
438 * All rights and wrongs reserved.
440 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
441 | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
442 | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
443 | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
444 | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
445 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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