Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:56:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:56:29 -0500 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.14.212]:35946 "EHLO winder.codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:56:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:56:22 -0700 From: Erik Andersen To: Rusty Russell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit. Message-ID: <20011101185622.A20668@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: Erik Andersen , Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3BE1271C.6CDF2738@mandrakesoft.com> <20011102124252.1032e9b2.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011102124252.1032e9b2.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i X-Operating-System: 2.4.12-ac3-rmk2, Rebel NetWinder (Intel StrongARM-110 rev 3), 185.95 BogoMips X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri Nov 02, 2001 at 12:42:52PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:42:36 -0500 > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > Is this designed to replace sysctl? > > Well, I'd suggest replacing *all* the non-process stuff in /proc. Yes. As I've thought about this in the past, I realized that /proc is serving two purposes. It is exporting the list of processes, and it is also used to export kernel and driver information. What we really need is for procfs to be just process stuff, and the creation of a separate kernelfs nodev filesystem though which the kernel can share all the gory details about the hardware, drivers, phase of the moon, etc. Since these serve two fundamentally different tasks, doesn't it make sense to split them into two separate filesystems? -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/