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    SubjectRe: [patch-2.3.47] /proc/driver/microcode -> /dev/cpu/microcode
    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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