Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:39 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9 | From | "J.R. Mauro" <> |
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:00 AM, David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com> wrote: > Bill Nottingham wrote: >> Given the general array of current interfaces in the kernel, isn't >> read/write of textual parameters better suited to sysfs or procfs >> than a character device? > > Procfs and Sysfs are used to control devices. Dev is used to access > them. Dev is the right place to fetch and set the time; having a text > interface is beside the point.
I also think we're aiming for compatibility with Plan 9 here, which keeps this file in /dev
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