Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
> >
> > I don't have any comments on the microcode updating,
> > but on 1/16/2000, Linus wrote that "sysctl is deprecated"
> > (entire quote is below).
>
> [ Email always comes back to haunt you ;]
>
> sysclt definitely is deprecated. /proc is not.
>
> I agree that it's probably better to use /proc/drivers/<drivername>, and I
> shouldn't have said /proc/sys/xxx. Although in this case I like "sys"
> better than "driver" as a name (it's just the sysctl _tables_ I hate, not
> the _name_ /proc/sys)
>
sysctl has one *very* nice property that I would like people to keep:
one value per "file". This gives a namespace all the way down to
individual data items, which is a *very* good idea. Also, to be able to
read out all files which are +r for the user reading them and present a
user-readable display is very important (a few sysctl files don't do
this, and that's a serious bug.)
-hpa
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