Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:59:54 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: procfs problems |
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On 15 Apr 1997, Miguel de Icaza wrote: > > Those of you interested in discussing design flaws with the current procfs > > filesystem, take a look at > > > > http://www.anime.net/~goemon/procfs.html > > > > I invite comments. > Well regarding your /proc/cpuinfo format, I think we could fix this > problem by just making sure that the very first line of the cpuinfo > holds the port name. > > Something like: > > /proc/cpuinfo: > port : {i386,alpha,sparc,ppc,mips} > > And then, if people want to parse any of the extra information, they > should know the architecture specific information on the CPU before > attempting to parse it.
It should be standardized. Right now there's *no* standardization in the kernel, which makes parsing the information the biggest pain in the ass. Having to write 5 different parsers for the same information is *not* the way to go.
Note that I'm not necessarily complaining about that each architecture has its own information, I'm complaining about crap like this:
Alpha: BogoMIPS : 163.57
x86: bogomips : 35.84
Sparc: BogoMips : 24.88
HELLO??? McFly???? Does this make ANY sense?
-Dan
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