On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, 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.
For all these things being moved to /dev from /proc, are major/minors going
to be created so people can use on-disk /dev or shall it be a "tough, use
devfs" attitude?
-George Greer
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