Re: Serial/Modem driver extension for Linux Config Manager

Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com)
Tue, 13 May 1997 18:11:02 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 13 May 1997, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > On Tue, 13 May 1997, David Howells wrote:
> >
> > > echo d serial,usr0006 d >/proc/cm/conf
> > >
> > > Admittedly, this should probably be done through the ioctl() interface, but
> > > that's a job for another day.
> >
> > I'd argue otherwise. The proc interface is slower, to be sure, but can't
> > be beat for readability and maintainability.
>
> Use the sysctl mechanism, it provides both /proc and system call
> interfaces!

Even better, then.

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Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)