Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:10:48 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.46-p2] P6 microcode update support |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dunlap, Randy wrote: > > > > I don't have any comments on the microcode updating, > > but on 1/16/2000, Linus wrote that "sysctl is deprecated" > > (entire quote is below). > > [ Email always comes back to haunt you ;] > > sysclt definitely is deprecated. /proc is not. > > I agree that it's probably better to use /proc/drivers/<drivername>, and I > shouldn't have said /proc/sys/xxx. Although in this case I like "sys" > better than "driver" as a name (it's just the sysctl _tables_ I hate, not > the _name_ /proc/sys) >
sysctl has one *very* nice property that I would like people to keep: one value per "file". This gives a namespace all the way down to individual data items, which is a *very* good idea. Also, to be able to read out all files which are +r for the user reading them and present a user-readable display is very important (a few sysctl files don't do this, and that's a serious bug.)
-hpa
-- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
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