Richard Gooch wrote:
> > create_proc_read_entry ("driver/rtc", 0, 0, rtc_read_proc, NULL);
> >
> > in addition to the binary-data device /dev/rtc (which is in
> > /dev/misc/rtc of devfs). The /proc/driver/rtc is the human-readable
> > dump of RTC data and I thought it should find its proper place in
> > devfs instead of /proc for the same reasons why we moved microcode
> > from /proc/driver to /dev/cpu.
>
> Yep, it should just be in devfs.
Devfs _is not_ the place for generic, driver-specific text output to
userspace.
The RTC data dump is in /proc and is not a /dev device for a reason...
Jeff
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