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Stuf
1999-12-03 14:49:54 +05:30
TODO list for busybox in no particular order. Just because something
is listed here doesn't mean that it is going to be added to busybox,
or that doing so is even a good idea. It just means that I _might_ get
around to it some time. If you have any good ideas, please let me know.
Stuf
1999-11-24 03:08:12 +05:30
Fix bugs in logger and syslogd. Add fbset. -Erik
1999-12-17 02:29:36 +05:30
* login/sulogin/passwd/getty/etc are part of tinylogin, and so are not
Some accrued fixes/updates. * cp/mv now accepts (and ignores) the -f flag, since it always does force anyway * tail can now accept -<num> commands (e.g. -10) for better compatibility with the standard tail command * added a simple id implementation; doesn't support supp. groups yet
2000-05-02 00:40:52 +05:30
needed or wanted in busybox (or else I'd have to link to libcrypt).
Fix bugs in logger and syslogd. Add fbset. -Erik
1999-12-17 02:29:36 +05:30
Sync up busybox with the latest and greatest. This is not stuff for the Embedix release. -Erik
2000-01-16 03:58:50 +05:30
* Networking apps are probably going to be split out some time soon into a
More libc portability updates, add in the website (which has not been archived previously). Wrote 'which' during the meeting today. -Erik
2000-05-19 11:05:19 +05:30
separate package (named perhaps netkit-tiny?). This would remove the
following items from BusyBox: hostid, hostname, nc, nslookup, telnet,
and ping. nfs mounting and syslogd (when it supports network logging)
will remain in BusyBox.
Sync up busybox with the latest and greatest. This is not stuff for the Embedix release. -Erik
2000-01-16 03:58:50 +05:30
Stuf
1999-12-03 14:49:54 +05:30
-Erik
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Stuf
1999-11-25 13:36:22 +05:30
More doc updates. -Erik
2000-06-22 04:14:33 +05:30
Bugs that need fixing:
Added some bugs / TODOs.
2000-05-09 04:55:59 +05:30
Modified status of some TODO items, added some others in preparation for the 0.44 release.
2000-06-14 23:05:54 +05:30
- "more" doesn't accept " " to scroll by one page when BB_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
is not on.
- fix 'cp' (or test suite script) so that it passes the test suite.
Added some bugs / TODOs.
2000-05-09 04:55:59 +05:30
- ps dirent race bug (need to stat the file before attempting chdir)
Removed chmod,chown,chgrp from the "Bugs that need fixing" list.
2000-06-06 23:42:47 +05:30
- Make 'ln -s /tmp/file .' work the way GNU ln does (i.e. makes a link to
More stuff to do... -Erik
2000-06-02 08:51:32 +05:30
/tmp/file in the current directory, rather then trying and failing to create
a symlink named "." in the current working directory).
Added a note to the "maybe by 0.44" list to prune sfdisk and graft fdisk.
2000-06-19 22:33:32 +05:30
- Prune sfdisk
More doc updates. -Erik
2000-06-22 04:14:33 +05:30
- Graft fdisk instead
Modified status of some TODO items, added some others in preparation for the 0.44 release.
2000-06-14 23:05:54 +05:30
More doc updates. -Erik
2000-06-22 04:14:33 +05:30
We will rework these to use libc regex functions instead (as per the mailing
list discussion):
Modified status of some TODO items, added some others in preparation for the 0.44 release.
2000-06-14 23:05:54 +05:30
- 'grep foo$ file' doesn't work
- 'grep *foo file' segfaults
Added some bugs / TODOs.
2000-05-09 04:55:59 +05:30
First pass at fixing tar segfault, and more portability updates. -Erik
2000-05-20 06:10:08 +05:30
More doc updates. -Erik
2000-06-22 04:14:33 +05:30
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Linux 2.4.x kernels
BusyBox 0.45 currently will not work with the Linux 2.4.x kernels.
I know of the following problems:
1) The sysinfo syscall has changed what it does (binary incompatable), breaking
init and free.
2) BusyBox NFS support is broken with 2.4.x (needs to be adjusted for NFSv3 and
kernel header changes).
3) mount,umount,and df are all broken by the "none" entries for fake filesystems
such as the shared mem one. Al Viro claims these will be disappearing soon...
I made a kernel patch that reverts the sysinfo changes
http://kernelnotes.org/lnxlists/linux-kernel/lk_0006_01/msg00619.html
and I have been fighting with Alan Cox to get these changes fixed in a binary
compatable way, but Alan has so far not been very receptive. I am planning on
appealing to Linus (when he gets back from vacation) and then going with
whatever he decides...
So my thought is, 2.4.x just isn't ready for BusyBox to target it, and even if
it was, BusyBox isn't ready yet either. Seems to me like this will not be
ready for a while, and we should just not worry about it yet.
As long as I have BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT turned off, everything compiles cleanly
for me with linux2.4.0test1-ac22-riel (i.e. I don't see the freeramdisk.c
problem you reported). I use Debian potato (gcc 2.95.2, GNU libc 2.1.3).
Of course, as noted above, compiling != working.
Added some bugs / TODOs.
2000-05-09 04:55:59 +05:30
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Make head --version do the right thing. Update TODO list -Erik
1999-12-18 00:22:06 +05:30
* Make insmod actually work
Stuf
1999-12-08 04:44:59 +05:30
* dnsdomainname
Updates -Erik
2000-02-12 03:25:04 +05:30
* traceroute/netstat
Stuf
1999-12-03 14:49:54 +05:30
* rdate
* hwclock
* stty
This makes tar work perfectly, and adds in "--exclude" as an option -Erik
2000-04-09 20:47:40 +05:30
* expr
Fix a tar bug: tar removed leading '/'s for symlink targets. Fix a syslogd bug: Only the first sizeof(buffer) was read from the /dev/log socket, causing (for most cases) only every other log item to be logged. -Erik
2000-04-15 03:15:29 +05:30
* wget (or whatever I call it)
* tftp
* ftp
Added some bugs / TODOs.
2000-05-09 04:55:59 +05:30
* group/commonize strings, remove dups (for i18n, l10n)
More doc updates. -Erik
2000-06-22 04:14:33 +05:30
* consider making a unified option parser (if it can be done
modular, small, etc.)
A few minor updates. ;-) Seriously though, read the Changelog for busybox 0.42, which this is about to become... -Erik
2000-02-07 10:59:42 +05:30
Note how to find list of BusyBox libc dependancies, the ide being to limit them much more. -Erik
2000-05-02 00:57:17 +05:30
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Running the following:
Minor doc change
2000-05-02 01:20:37 +05:30
rm -f busybox && make LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib 2>&1 | \
sed -ne 's/.*undefined reference to `\(.*\)..*/\1/gp' | sort | uniq
Note how to find list of BusyBox libc dependancies, the ide being to limit them much more. -Erik
2000-05-02 00:57:17 +05:30
reveals the list of all external (i.e. libc) things that BusyBox depends on.
It would be a very nice thing to reduce this list to an absolute minimum, and
then create a microLibc to provide these functions. There is no good reason
for GNU libc to be so big. I'm sure it can be a lot better.
My little adventure of analyzing lib usage has already rooted out a big "P" Policy violator -- logname was using getlogin(3), which uses utmp under the hood. We don't need no stinkin' utmp (and if we are using tinylogin, it is unlikely to be useful trying). -Erik
2000-05-02 01:19:20 +05:30
(BTW, this is more informative if BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT is turned off...)
More stuff -Erik
2000-05-02 05:37:56 +05:30
Most wanted list:
[andersen@slag busybox]$ grep -l getgroups *.[ch]
test.c
Policy violation. getgroups uses libc nss, which is unlikely
to be present in an embedded system.
Minor makefile and todo updates -Erik
2000-03-01 03:19:22 +05:30
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Compile with debugging on, run 'nm --size-sort ./busybox'
and then start with the biggest things and make them smaller...
Some updates for the day, -Erik
2000-02-19 03:04:17 +05:30
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busybox.defs.h is too big and hard to follow.
Tar now works perfectly. It behaves much better now then it used to. Only thing left to do is add in exclude (-X) option. -Erik
2000-04-05 06:30:52 +05:30
Perhaps I need to add a better build system (like the Linux kernel?)
Some updates for the day, -Erik
2000-02-19 03:04:17 +05:30
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Fixed du. Now behaves just like GNU du (only less so). -Erik
2000-02-19 23:46:49 +05:30
Feature request:
/bin/busybox --install -s which makes all links to commands that it
can support (an optionnal -s should be used for symbolic links instead
of hard links).
Add in a TODO item, -Erik
2000-02-22 22:42:00 +05:30
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> Have you ever thought of doig network logging in busybox syslogd ? It
> would quite make sense on embedded systems... :)
So far I had not considered it. Basically, you wish to have
messages from the embedded box logged to a remote network
syslog box, right? I can see that this would be useful.
I'll add this to the TODO list,
A few updates (including the cp fix the Craig has been looking for) -Erik
2000-03-05 02:49:32 +05:30
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I think that the add_inode &c in utility.c needs to also stow the
st_dev field, and that du.c should NOT call `reset_inode_list'
because there can be hard links from inside one argv/ to inside
another argv/. du.c probably ought to have an -x switch like GNU du
does also...
My latest ramblings. -Erik
2000-03-23 06:39:18 +05:30
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More TODO items. Fix a dependancy bug on busybox.def.h -Erik
2000-06-05 11:03:00 +05:30
An interesting email listing some apps that use /proc. BusyBox
tries to avoid /proc as mush as is possible, so this stuff is
interesting (to me at least):
My latest ramblings. -Erik
2000-03-23 06:39:18 +05:30
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:23:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.CX>
X-Sender: rhw@moo.cus.org.uk
To: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: What /proc should contain [was: /proc/driver/microcode]
In-Reply-To: <20000224165245.A29790@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0002250806220.8741-100000@moo.cus.org.uk>
Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Precedence: bulk
Hi there.
>> Nope, most /proc access is does via programs written in C.
> That varies a lot from file to file. E.g. I haven't seen any
> programs that are specificly designed to read /proc/atm/* yet,
> and I know of only one (fuser) that reads /proc/mounts,
> extracting only partial information (just to pick two examples
> that I'm quite familiar with).
As a point of reference, here's a slightly tweaked analysis of the
programs on the system I'm reading your mail on. Basically, I ran the
following script...
Q> #!/bin/bash
Q> function use() {
Q> for Z in $* ; do
Q> strings $Z | grep /proc | sed "s=^=$Z ="
Q> done
Q> }
Q> use /{,s}bin/* /usr/{,s}bin/* | sort -u | tee proc-usage
...and then went through it removing comments and print format
strings. Replace /proc with /dev and you'd soon have an equivalent
list for that - although I can report that such is MUCH larger...
There are three programs therein that refer to /proc/mounts ...
/bin/mount
/bin/umount
/usr/bin/eject
...and, as you stated, none that refer to /proc/atm on this system.
However, as this is a RedHat Linux 5.0 based system, that's not
necessarily an up to date reference thereto...
Here's the list anyway...
/bin/kill /proc/%d/cmdline
/bin/kill /proc/%d/stat
/bin/mount /proc/devices
/bin/mount /proc/filesystems
/bin/mount /proc/mounts
/bin/netstat /proc/net
/bin/netstat /proc/net/appletalk
/bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25
/bin/netstat /proc/net/ax25_route
/bin/netstat /proc/net/dev
/bin/netstat /proc/net/ip_masquerade
/bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx
/bin/netstat /proc/net/ipx_route
/bin/netstat /proc/net/netstat
/bin/netstat /proc/net/nr
/bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_neigh
/bin/netstat /proc/net/nr_nodes
/bin/netstat /proc/net/raw
/bin/netstat /proc/net/route
/bin/netstat /proc/net/rt_cache
/bin/netstat /proc/net/snmp
/bin/netstat /proc/net/tcp
/bin/netstat /proc/net/udp
/bin/netstat /proc/net/unix
/bin/umount /proc/devices
/bin/umount /proc/mounts
/sbin/arp /proc/net/appletalk
/sbin/arp /proc/net/arp
/sbin/arp /proc/net/ax25
/sbin/arp /proc/net/ipx
/sbin/arp /proc/net/nr
/sbin/arp /proc/net/unix
/sbin/cardctl /proc/devices
/sbin/cardmgr /proc/devices
/sbin/fdisk /proc/ide/%s/media
/sbin/fdisk /proc/scsi/scsi
/sbin/getty /proc/version
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/appletalk
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ax25
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/dev
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/ipx
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/nr
/sbin/ifconfig /proc/net/unix
/sbin/ifup /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
/sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwchains
/sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_fwnames
/sbin/ipchains /proc/net/ip_masquerade
/sbin/ipchains /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
/sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/dev_mcast
/sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp
/sbin/ipmaddr /proc/net/igmp6
/sbin/iptunnel /proc/net/dev
/sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/cmdline
/sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/exe
/sbin/killall5 /proc/%s/stat
/sbin/killall5 /proc/version
/sbin/klogd /proc/kmsg
/sbin/lsmod /proc/modules
/sbin/modprobe /proc/modules
/sbin/pidof /proc/%s/cmdline
/sbin/pidof /proc/%s/exe
/sbin/pidof /proc/%s/stat
/sbin/pidof /proc/version
/sbin/probe /proc/pci
/sbin/rarp /proc/net/ax25
/sbin/rarp /proc/net/nr
/sbin/rarp /proc/net/rarp
/sbin/rmmod /proc/modules
/sbin/rmmod.static /proc/modules
/sbin/route /proc/net/appletalk
/sbin/route /proc/net/ax25
/sbin/route /proc/net/ax25_route
/sbin/route /proc/net/ipx
/sbin/route /proc/net/ipx_route
/sbin/route /proc/net/nr
/sbin/route /proc/net/nr_neigh
/sbin/route /proc/net/nr_nodes
/sbin/route /proc/net/route
/sbin/route /proc/net/rt_cache
/sbin/route /proc/net/unix
/sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi
/sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/%s
/sbin/scsi_info /proc/scsi/scsi
/sbin/slattach /proc/net/ax25
/sbin/slattach /proc/net/nr
/sbin/swapoff /proc/swaps
/sbin/swapon /proc/swaps
/sbin/uugetty /proc/version
/usr/bin/dig /proc/
/usr/bin/dig /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/dig /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/dig /proc/rtc
/usr/bin/dig /proc/self/status
/usr/bin/dig /proc/stat
/usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/
/usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/rtc
/usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/self/status
/usr/bin/dnsquery /proc/stat
/usr/bin/eject /proc/mounts
/usr/bin/emacs /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/fetchmail /proc/net/dev
/usr/bin/free /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/gmake /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/gpm-root /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/host /proc/
/usr/bin/host /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/host /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/host /proc/rtc
/usr/bin/host /proc/self/status
/usr/bin/host /proc/stat
/usr/bin/hoststat /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/cpuinfo
/usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/pci
/usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/scsi/scsi
/usr/bin/hwdiag /proc/version
/usr/bin/lsdev /proc/dma
/usr/bin/lsdev /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/lsdev /proc/ioports
/usr/bin/mailq /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/make /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/mcookie /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/mcookie /proc/stat
/usr/bin/newaliases /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/nslookup /proc/
/usr/bin/nslookup /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/nslookup /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/nslookup /proc/rtc
/usr/bin/nslookup /proc/self/status
/usr/bin/nslookup /proc/stat
/usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/
/usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/rtc
/usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/self/status
/usr/bin/nsupdate /proc/stat
/usr/bin/pgp /proc/version
/usr/bin/pgpe /proc/version
/usr/bin/pgpk /proc/version
/usr/bin/pgps /proc/version
/usr/bin/pgpv /proc/version
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/cmdline
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/devices
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/dma
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/filesystems
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/interrupts
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/modules
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/stat
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/uptime
/usr/bin/procinfo /proc/version
/usr/bin/purgestat /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/screen /proc/loadavg
/usr/bin/strace /proc/%d/stat
/usr/bin/top /proc/cpuinfo
/usr/bin/top /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/top /proc/stat
/usr/bin/vmstat /proc/%s/stat
/usr/bin/vmstat /proc/meminfo
/usr/bin/vmstat /proc/stat
/usr/sbin/atd /proc/loadavg
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/interrupts
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/meminfo
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/rtc
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/self/status
/usr/sbin/dnskeygen /proc/stat
/usr/sbin/fuser /proc/%d/stat
/usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/%s
/usr/sbin/fuser /proc/net/unix
/usr/sbin/in.identd /proc/net/tcp
/usr/sbin/irpd /proc/
/usr/sbin/irpd /proc/interrupts
/usr/sbin/irpd /proc/meminfo
/usr/sbin/irpd /proc/rtc
/usr/sbin/irpd /proc/self/status
/usr/sbin/irpd /proc/stat
/usr/sbin/named /proc/
/usr/sbin/named /proc/interrupts
/usr/sbin/named /proc/meminfo
/usr/sbin/named /proc/rtc
/usr/sbin/named /proc/self/status
/usr/sbin/named /proc/stat
/usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/
/usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/interrupts
/usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/meminfo
/usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/rtc
/usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/self/status
/usr/sbin/named-xfer /proc/stat
/usr/sbin/readprofile /proc/profile
/usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/loadavg
/usr/sbin/rwhod /proc/uptime
/usr/sbin/sendmail /proc/loadavg
/usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options
/usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/${console}-mode
/usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/input-device
/usr/sbin/setconsole /proc/openprom/options/output-device
Best wishes from Riley.
* Copyright (C) 1999, Memory Alpha Systems.
* All rights and wrongs reserved.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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