[Glibc-bsd-hackers] Re: missing stuff in <sys/sysinfo.h>

[Nathan Hawkins]

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> =================== BUG #4308: LATEST MODIFICATIONS ==================
> http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=4308&group_id=4737 
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> Changes by: Robert Millan <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon 07/14/2003 at 19:37 (Europe/Andorra) 
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> ------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ---------------------------- 
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> uhm.. actualy it seems the sysinfo struct and associated function are linux-specific. 
>
> we should probably fix the code with a replacement for sysinfo. anyone knows 
> how to get system load parameters portably? maybe sysconf ()?

On FreeBSD, virtually everything of that sort is in sysctl. I would suggest 
that the code depending on sysinfo needs some portability fixing. 

> =================== BUG #4308: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT =================== 
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>
> Submitted by: robertmh                Project: Glibc support for *BSD's kernels
> Submitted on: Mon 07/14/2003 at 19:19
> Category:  None                       Severity:  5 - Major                  
> Bug Group:  None                      Resolution:  None                     
> Assigned to:  None                    Status:  Open                          
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> Summary:  [kfreebsd] missing stuff in <sys/sysinfo.h> 
>
> Original Submission:  
> need to declare the sysinfo structure, and add a replacemtn for the missing stuff provided by <linux/kernel.h> on GNU/Linux's <sys/sysinfo.h>. 
>
> this includes SI_LOAD_SHIFT. a fixed <sys/sysinfo.h> is needed for Debian's autobuilder software (http://m68k.debian.org/buildd/getting.html) 
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> hunks between kfreebsd and linux versions: 
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> @@ -21,8 +21,15 @@
>   
>  #include <features.h>
>   
> +/* Get sysinfo structure from kernel header.  */
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +
>  __BEGIN_DECLS
>   
> +/* Returns information on overall system statistics.  */
> +extern int sysinfo (struct sysinfo *__info) __THROW;
> +
> +
>  /* Return number of configured processors.  */
>  extern int get_nprocs_conf (void) __THROW; 
>
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> Follow-up Comments
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> Date: Mon 07/14/2003 at 19:37       By: robertmh 
>
> uhm.. actualy it seems the sysinfo struct and associated function are linux-specific. 
>
> we should probably fix the code with a replacement for sysinfo. anyone knows how to get system load parameters portably? maybe sysconf ()? 
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