From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932512AbVHRWzU (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:55:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932511AbVHRWzU (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:55:20 -0400 Received: from osdev.xs4all.nl ([213.84.25.71]:46212 "EHLO osdev.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932510AbVHRWzS (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:55:18 -0400 From: "Peter M. Groen" Organization: Open Systems Development To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Environment variables inside the kernel? Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:55:16 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <4fec73ca050818084467f04c31@mail.gmail.com> <1124406748.20755.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1124406748.20755.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508190055.16515.pgroen@osdev.xs4all.nl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 19 August 2005 01:12, Alan Cox wrote: ---------------[ 8< ]------------- > Essentially environment is user space business and you can't get at it > from the kernel. -[ 8< ]------------ I think the OP has his answer here. If someone knows what he is talking about, it's Alan or Linus. And if a teacher or manager doesn't believe those two... Let *him* prove that AC and LT are wrong, and not the other way around.. -- Peter M. Groen Open Systems Development Klipperwerf 12 2317 DZ Leiden T: +31-(0)-71-5216317 M: +31-(0)6-29563390 E: info@osdev.xs4all.nl