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DateMon, 30 Jun 2003 08:52:42 +0100
From viro@parcelfa ...
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Trying to improve /proc/filesystems
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:21:00AM +0200, Frederick, Fabian wrote:
> Hi,
> 	I'm trying to do 
> 
> nodev		xxx	0
> 		yyy	2
> (or replace nodev by 0->x)
> 
> with the following but Linux complains : VFS : unable to mount
> root....Someone could help ?

Yes.  Layout of files in procfs should be treated as a part of ABI.
IOW, you make incompatible change - things break.

Folks, file in /proc is not different from a syscall in that respect -
changing layout has the same effect as changes of layout in syscall
arguments.

IOW, don't do that.
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