Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: RFC: /proc/module namespace | Date | 2 Sep 1999 20:52:52 GMT |
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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.
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