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SubjectRe: RFC: /proc/module namespace
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Followup to:  <37CEB6DA.7D32FDB@pobox.com>
By author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > I don't think that's the problem.
> >
> > The problem is putting /proc information into /proc/modules; unless
> > the driver ALWAYS puts information there, it means that applications
> > that use /proc have to root around in multiple places to get that
> > information out.
>
> 1) A driver should ALWAYS put its /proc information under the
> /proc/module/... tree.
>

I think that's bad naming scheme at the very best... /proc/dev/... or
/proc/driver/... probably would be better.

-hpa
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