Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:52:04 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@serpentine.com>
Cc: eranian@hpl.hp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] 2.6.16-rc1 perfmon2 patch for review
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 12:08:13PM -0800, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 07:09 -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> 
> > Because I tried regrouping all the /proc AND related interface into a single
> > C file.
> 
> sysctls seem to be every bit as deprecated as /proc for what you are
> tring to do.
> 
> > Well, it is not clear to me what criteria is used for /sys vs /proc.
> 
> My understanding is that only process-related stuff belongs in /proc
> now.  Other random cruft that has accumulated over the years is left
> there for backwards compatibility, but /sys interfaces are the way
> forward now.

Yes, that is exactly right.

thanks,

greg k-h
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