Re: RFC: /proc/module namespace
Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Thu, 02 Sep 1999 01:58:28 -0400
Fuzzy Fox wrote:
>
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > This new feature provides a /proc playground for modules. As it
> > stands now, any random driver or module that exports something to
> > /proc generally must create a file, or directory, in /proc root. Over
> > time that can get messy.
>
> Does that mean that, if a device driver is compiled as a module, its
> data gets placed in /proc/module, but if it is compiled statically into
> the kernel, that the information will go somewhere else?
No change in behavior at all. A module can be compiled into the kernel.
Jeff
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