Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:07:47 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.36-p3] dd if=microcode of=/proc/driver/microcode bs=98304 count=1 |
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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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