Would it be worth the effort, vs. just dumping the whole thing into a
userspace program?
> > I think rewriting current stuff that uses procfs to use the sysctl()
> > interface would end up being a big win overall.
> I think the design goal behind the sysctl interface was different. While
> it could probably be used to eliminate some of the proc files like
> cmdline and cpuinfo, there are many others it can not easily handle.
Like?
> > I still maintain that the pci parser belongs in user space.
> Also a valid solution, which saves a little room from the start. A
> utility could be called as part of the system startup that reported on
> installed devices and notified the user of unknown devices it may have
> found.
Seeing as that the kernel doesn't display this information on bootup as it
stands now, why change the behaviour?
-Dan