Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753696AbZCLIBJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:01:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751340AbZCLIAz (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:00:55 -0400 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:42783 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750928AbZCLIAz (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:00:55 -0400 Message-ID: <49B8C12B.1040508@davidnewall.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:30:43 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9 References: <20090311200411.WPUP4619.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> <20090311220700.GA16368@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20090311220700.GA16368@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 604 Lines: 13 Bill Nottingham wrote: > Given the general array of current interfaces in the kernel, isn't > read/write of textual parameters better suited to sysfs or procfs > than a character device? Procfs and Sysfs are used to control devices. Dev is used to access them. Dev is the right place to fetch and set the time; having a text interface is beside the point. -- 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/