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SubjectRe: [patch-2.3.36-p3] dd if=microcode of=/proc/driver/microcode bs=98304 count=1
Tigran Aivazian writes:
> Hi Linus,
>
> This version implements a write-only file /proc/driver/microcode
> which gets rid of the need of any specialized tools. No ioctls -
> just write method. Why do we need ioctl here? We don't.

Devfs has just gone into 2.3.46-pre5, as has your microcode patch. So
how about putting in a patch to drop the /proc interface and replace
it with a devfs interface? Just pop in a call to devfs_register().

Regards,

Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

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