Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 1997 19:45:55 +0100 (BST) | From | Philip Blundell <> | Subject | Re: procfs problems |
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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Dan Hollis wrote:
> It should be standardized. Right now there's *no* standardization in the > kernel, which makes parsing the information the biggest pain in the ass. > Having to write 5 different parsers for the same information is *not* the > way to go. > > Note that I'm not necessarily complaining about that each architecture has > its own information, I'm complaining about crap like this: > > Alpha: > BogoMIPS : 163.57 > > x86: > bogomips : 35.84 > > Sparc: > BogoMips : 24.88 > > HELLO??? McFly???? Does this make ANY sense?
Fix it and make a patch then. I'm sure nobody would object to it being tidied up. Ditto your "multiple devices" complaint, though I have a feeling that might be a bit less widely accepted.
The bit about "design inconsistency" on your page is just garbage as far as I can tell. The reason there is no /proc/ide is because nobody felt it would be useful enough to bother writing one. Its absence doesn't in any way invalidate /proc/scsi's presence, nor vice versa. Yet again, if you think it would be that much of an improvement to the world, why not implement it and send us your patch?
p.
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