Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:06:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:06:32 -0500 Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.37]:65185 "EHLO imo-d05.mx.aol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:06:19 -0500 From: Telford002@aol.com Message-ID: <86.1204971d.291545b9@aol.com> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:06:01 EST Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit. To: tim@tjansen.de, rusty@rustcorp.com.au CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In a message dated 11/3/01 6:47:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, tim@tjansen.de writes: > On Saturday 03 November 2001 00:31, you wrote: > > Hmm, I'd argue that a GUI tool would be fairly useless without knowing > what > > the values meant anwyay, to give help, in which case you might as well > know > > the types. > > Take, as an example, the compression module parameter of the PWC (Philips > Webcam) driver. Currently you can specify a value between 0 for uncompressed > > and 3 for high compression. If a GUI shows me that only values between 0 and > > 3 are allowed I could guess that I have to enter "3" for high compression > without searching for the documentation. It would be even better if I could > select four strings, "none", "low", "medium" and "high". > > I do see the advantages of using strings in proc, and maybe there is another > > solution: keep the type information out of the proc filesystem and save it > in a file similar to Configure.help, together with a description for a file. > > I just don't know how to ensure that they are in sync. > It would always be possible to build a front end to the /proc file system. Joachim Martillo - 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/