Jeff Garzik writes:
> 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.
I don't agree. /proc should be for processes and *nothing* else.
> The RTC data dump is in /proc and is not a /dev device for a
> reason...
And that is?
Regards,
Richard....
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