Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:15:03 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.47] /proc/driver/microcode -> /dev/cpu/microcode |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > > create_proc_read_entry ("driver/rtc", 0, 0, rtc_read_proc, NULL); > > > > in addition to the binary-data device /dev/rtc (which is in > > /dev/misc/rtc of devfs). The /proc/driver/rtc is the human-readable > > dump of RTC data and I thought it should find its proper place in > > devfs instead of /proc for the same reasons why we moved microcode > > from /proc/driver to /dev/cpu. > > Yep, it should just be in devfs.
Devfs _is not_ the place for generic, driver-specific text output to userspace.
The RTC data dump is in /proc and is not a /dev device for a reason...
Jeff
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