Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.47] /proc/driver/microcode -> /dev/cpu/microcode | Date | Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:08:52 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> said: > Jeff Garzik writes:
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> > Devfs _is not_ the place for generic, driver-specific text output to > > userspace.
> I don't agree. /proc should be for processes and *nothing* else.
Non sequitur. I mostly agree with the /proc bit, but I also agree that /dev is not the place for random text output. Simply because many people have no use for devfs, but need the data being shown.
So, the ways out AFAIKS are:
- /sys directory with system data (a replacement for groveling around in kmem) - Clean up /proc, and put it back in there.
Any alternative needs a HPA that just vetoes stuff in bad format or with stupid names. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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