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NetBSD support in htop(1)
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This implementation makes NetBSD use htop(1) without the need of mount_procfs(8).
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This implementation utilizes kvm_getprocs(3), sysctl(3), etc, eliminating the
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need for mount_procfs(8) with Linux compatibility enabled.
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The implementation has been copied over and modified from the OpenBSD
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implementation in htop(1).
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The implementation was initially based on the OpenBSD support in htop(1).
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Current implementation mimics the procfs based implementation in stats
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collection.
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Make NetBSD no longer masquerade as Linux.
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What works
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Notes on NetBSD curses
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* Builds in NetBSD without any additional patch
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* Uses sysctl(3) and kvm(3) to get basic information
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* Shows basic meters CPU / Memory / Swap
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* Shows basic process listing
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NetBSD is one of the last operating systems to use and maintain its own
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implementation of Curses.
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What needs to be tested
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htop(1) can be compiled against either ncurses or NetBSD's curses(3).
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In order for NetBSD's libcurses to be used, htop(1) must be configured with
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`--disable-unicode`. This is necessary because htop(1) with Unicode enabled
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directly accesses ncurses's cchar_t struct, which has different contents
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in NetBSD's curses.
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Versions of libcurses in NetBSD 9 and prior have no mouse support
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(this is an ncurses extension). Newer versions contain no-op mouse functions
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for compatibility with ncurses.
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What needs improvement
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* Memory being split into used/buffers/cache
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* Basic features of htop(1) like kill / nice / sort / search works as expected
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* If the meter displays are working as expected
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* If the process states are displayed correctly
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* If thread information and count are displayed correctly
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* Kernel and userspace threads are not displayed or counted -
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maybe look at NetBSD top(1).
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* Battery display - use envsys(4).
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* Support for compiling using libcurses's Unicode support.
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* Support for fstat(1) (view open files, like lsof(8) on Linux).
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* Support for ktrace(1) (like strace(1) on Linux).
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