Re: Q: status /proc reorganisation

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:41:03 EST


On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> "Ph. Marek" wrote:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > there have recently been some discussions about /proc reorganization - which stopped abruptly. I didn't quite get the latest status - is it deferred, are we waiting for some example coding or whatever???

Heh. Stopped abruptly == everyone had time to talk about the grand new
schemes, but nobody had time/desire to address the real problem:

> Someone needs to do a complete review of all proc code in the kernel,
> and post a document describing the namespace currently in use. That's a
> big first step which must occur before any reorg.

Yup, that one.

> It's a task which has been languishing on my own todo list for quite a
> while, and its looking like 2.5 work unless someone beats me to it.

And it starts smelling like providing small static trees from drivers may
be the way to handle this stuff...

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