Thanks to everyone for the advice.

> On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote:
> > short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this
> > is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for
> > indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and private
> > namespaces.
>
> while this is all true, and i agree with you, the problem at hand it
> to get things formatted on linux.

Right. The problem is that Linux already has a /sys directory. Who knows
what would break if I mount over that.

Thanks,

Arnold

> Thanks to everyone for the advice.
> 
> > On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote:
> > > short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this
> > > is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for
> > > indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and private
> > > namespaces.
> >
> > while this is all true, and i agree with you, the problem at hand it
> > to get things formatted on linux.
> 
> Right. The problem is that Linux already has a /sys directory. Who knows
> what would break if I mount over that.

you won't know if you don't try.  :-)  chroot yourself or something.

or, you can do it in the source pretty easily.  awk is the perfect tool
for the job.  :-)  you could change every /sys/... to /9/sys/...

- erik