Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:58:36 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.47] /proc/driver/microcode -> /dev/cpu/microcode |
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, George wrote: > For all these things being moved to /dev from /proc, are major/minors going > to be created so people can use on-disk /dev or shall it be a "tough, use > devfs" attitude?
Hi George,
All these things under discussion do not require major/minor numbers because they are just regular files, e.g. /proc/cpuinfo or /proc/driver/rtc. Although I agree with Richard that "devfs" is the best name for devfs, it creates a tiny bit of misconception that it is only for device nodes. But devfs_register() allows to create both regular files and device nodes, look at its declaration and read the comments around it.
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