Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:29:25 -0800 (PST) | From | "James W. Laferriere" <> | Subject | /proc file system, seems to -not- have standardisation ? |
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Please bear with me for approx. 1 min. of your time.
I have been noticing a very dis-heartening lack of flow to the use of the /proc files. Most driver developers seem to just make up names as they go & then others don't seem to use this feature fully. I would like to put forward a suggestion for structure (Someone else has to have already been here! ;-) IE:
/proc /proc/dev /proc/dev/audio /proc/dev/b.... /proc/dev/.... /proc/dev/net < these are my areas of greatest /proc/dev/net/eth0 < concern on the subject. /proc/dev/net/eth1 <-- This line would allow the /proc/dev/net/eth... < testing for eth1 & then /proc/dev/scsi < ifconfig'ng it. /proc/dev/scsi/scsi0 <-- These lines tell me I have /proc/dev/scsi/scsi0/disk0 < controller 0 & 2 disks, /proc/dev/scsi/scsi0/disk1 < ... /proc/dev/scsi/scsi0/tape0 < & a tape drive /proc/dev/scsi/scsi0/cdrom0 < & a cdrom. /proc/dev/scsi/scsi0/.......... < & ????....... /proc/dev/scsi/scsi1 < Controller 1 &
I'll bet every driver developer in linux land is going to want have roast Jim for supper, Oh-well ;-} . Or if I'm lucky I'll get ignored.....
PS: This is just a very crude idea, not even sure if it is viable with present Kernels.
Tia, JimL _________________________________________ | James W. Laferriere | Network Engineer | | babydr@nwrain.net | System Techniques | | 25416 - 22nd S. | Kent, WA 98032 | | Give me VMS -or- Give me Linux | | but only on AXP | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My libraries & programs status ( most are here now )
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