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SubjectRe: Patch for 2.2.10 (Quelle surprise!)
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>>>>> "Bjorn" == Bjorn Wesen <bjorn@sparta.lu.se> writes:

Bjorn> On 7 Jul 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> You still haven't explained why a syscall/sysctl is needed for this
>> when all the information can be obtained by parsing /proc/cpuinfo

Bjorn> otoh, all the sys parameters are in /proc/sys as well. i guess
Bjorn> cpuinfo was left out in the cold because its typically
Bjorn> read-only ? but still, its not like sysctl and proc are
Bjorn> completely orthogonal..

Since it is read only there isn't really any reason to provide two
interfaces to the exact same information as far as I can see. Except
of course if one believes in bloating the kernel for the sake of
bloating.

Jes

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