Re: [patch] v1.01 of /proc/.config (ready to eat)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:06:35 +0000 (GMT)

> 2. /proc/.config.gz
> This is bad because a reader must decompress it himself. That is *every*
> reader (unless he uses some shared library to do it transparently).

This is very good because it keeps the kernel space small and the standard
gzip tool can handle it as well as the standard zlib library.

Analogy: A database reader has to do its own ISAM in Unix, this is seen
as good because it keeps ISAM file support out of the kernel

Alan

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