Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:36:24 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Open Firmware device tree virtual filesystem
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: David Kahn <dmk@flex.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:40:25 -0800

> If that doesn't fit the model of /sys or /proc,
> I suppose it could be done in a separate file
> system, but that's overkill, isn't it?

Or by a device driver, which is what OFW systems have
been doing for years, and we have it already, it's called
/dev/openprom and if you provide the of_*() API you could
use it out of the box too.
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