Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:30:43 +1030 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9 |
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Bill Nottingham wrote: > Given the general array of current interfaces in the kernel, isn't > read/write of textual parameters better suited to sysfs or procfs > than a character device?
Procfs and Sysfs are used to control devices. Dev is used to access them. Dev is the right place to fetch and set the time; having a text interface is beside the point.
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