Jeff Garzik writes:
> Richard Gooch wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> At present you are treading against the tide. :)
Sure. Someone has to carre the torch ;-)
> > > The RTC data dump is in /proc and is not a /dev device for a
> > > reason...
> >
> > And that is?
>
> Um, maybe that RTC is a standard driver, and devfs is an experimental
> driver defaulted to off? :) Once devfs makes it into Mandrake, RedHat,
> ... then it will be time to consider moving EXISTING interfaces from
> /proc -> devfs.
>
> Until then, moving existing interfaces to devfs requires the user to run
> devfs for functionality which was previously available without. Since
> installing devfs is not a "flip a switch and forget" change, you cannot
> move existing interfaces to devfs without due consideration, and giving
> devfs time to filter out to the userbase at large.
>
> Patience, grasshopper. :) I agree with you in principle, but late in
> the 2.3.x cycle is NOT the time to break existing interfaces.
Yeah, sure. I'm not trying to push removal of all the procfs
interfaces at this point. But it would be nice to see patches in my
inbox which added devfs interfaces :-)
Regards,
Richard....
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