Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:15:33 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: [patch-2.3.46-p3] /proc/driver/microcode P6 ucode support |
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Tigran Aivazian writes: > Hi Linus, > > Here is the implementation of your idea. I shouldn't have moaned at you - > I thought it will be an hour of work but it was 5 minutes instead - the > rest of the time was just testing. > > I still like the old /dev/microcode patch because it was autoloading > on demand. With /proc/driver/microcode compiled as module one has to > insmod it before running mcode utility.
Devfs gives you autoloading as well. Procfs doesn't.
<broken record> The longer it takes for devfs to go into the kernel, the more people will throw things into procfs, with all the problems that implies. Hell, I did it myself with MTRR. </broken record>
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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