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To: Mark Peloquin <peloquin@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: Switching from IOCTLs to a RAMFS
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Mark Peloquin wrote:

> 
> Based on the feedback and comments regarding
> the use of IOCTLs in EVMS, we are switching to
> the more preferred method of using a ram based
> fs. Since we are going through this effort, I
> would like to get it right now, rather than
> having to switch to another ramfs system later
> on. The question I have is:  should we roll our
> own fs, (a.k.a. evmsfs) or should we use sysfs
> for this purpose? My initial thoughts are that
> sysfs should be used. However, recent discussions
> about device mapper have suggested a custom ramfs.
> Which is the *best* choice?

Use sysfs, please. Coming out of the kernel summit, the goal was to move 
as much stuff to a ramfs-based system, rather than ioctl and procfs, and 
Linus explicitly said to try and put them all in the same filesystem. 

	-pat

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