Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:26:11 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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Hello Dave , All,
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > > > AFAIAC, the /proc/ide/ stuff should never have happened. > > > It's proven that every bit of it can be done in userspace. > > Then lets get rid of /proc/scsi , How about /proc/sys ... > > What is the differance here ? Maybe I am missing something ? > And what would you replace /proc/scsi/ with ? And what is there to replace /proc/ide ? I see no other facility in /proc to do the job . Again am I missing something here ?
> Neither of the two you mention have viable alternatives. (yet) Then I submit that neither does ide . I see nothing in your reply that shows me a differance between ide & scsi in /proc .
> The only time I'd consider sysctl(2) over poking /proc/sys entries > would possibly be on an embedded system with no /proc/sys. And even then, > I'd rather try and justify having /proc. ISTR viro proposing to split > proc/sys out to sysctlfs at some point, which would solve this dilemma > nicely. Now tho I have to agree with you here . Tia , JimL
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