From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 03:28:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 03:28:00 -0400 Received: from ausmtp02.au.ibm.COM ([202.135.136.105]:5042 "EHLO ausmtp02.au.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 03:27:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:30:33 +1000 From: Rusty Russell To: Alexander Viro Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, dalecki@evision-ventures.com, davem@redhat.com, paulus@samba.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports Message-Id: <20020523173033.6635611a.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; powerpc-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 22 May 2002 10:54:25 -0400 (EDT) Alexander Viro wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > XFree86 uses /proc/cpuinfo, /proc/bus/pci, /proc/mtrr, /proc/fb, /proc/dri > > and even such goodies as /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes > > ... and while we are at flamewar-mongering, none of these files have any > business being in procfs. Let it never be said that you lack courage 8) Let's sort this out at the kernel summit: dev vs. driverfs. vs proc vs sysctl vs boot params vs. module params vs netlink Rusty. -- there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too many doers quoting their contemporaries. -- Larry McVoy