Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 17:17:47 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Right way to configure a driver? (sysfs, ioctl, proc, configfs,....) |
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> >As I said in previous messages, my driver is a kind of virtual network >device (imagine something like "snull" in LDD3) and my question was: >what would be the right way to configure it? I know, i know, there is >not a unique question for that, but I'm sure at least there are >suggestions. Some years ago, maybe there was no alternative other than >using system calls or ioctls, but the spectrum is a lot wider now. > >I try to resume here the different ways that could be used, and their >original purpose: > >* SYSFS: this is to export system information >* CONFIGFS: this is to configure kernel modules/subsystems.
So there basically is an "exportfs" (sysfs) and an "importfs" (configfs). [This has nothing to do with the nfs-exportfs for the moment.] Can't these be merged to have a "importexportfs", would make things simpler. Especially with system parameters (exported stuff, /sys) can be changed (aka imported).
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