Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755490AbZCLSPx (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752452AbZCLSPn (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:43 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f122.google.com ([209.85.221.122]:62759 "EHLO mail-qy0-f122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752304AbZCLSPm convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:42 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cc+ZfGBwuMAiNamQeNNh8hjTUhLG2l9mr8xck6BCHvYhW8tSwLWOQ8p9jBNUB67m8e 3kJ+QbXNNkvwkE8girwc7M9gRPmO9jf/zTadMpdBb0h8Y57tSgrPLFDzRK2haDGxJPRv W3zfbjiA0OXzQ+LnBG0CHWvhCpkuF1p+CNtZM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <49B8C12B.1040508@davidnewall.com> References: <20090311200411.WPUP4619.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> <20090311220700.GA16368@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <49B8C12B.1040508@davidnewall.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:39 -0400 Message-ID: <3aaafc130903121115j2f48d8a4h511dc8a7d9718de7@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9 From: "J.R. Mauro" To: David Newall Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1045 Lines: 24 On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:00 AM, David Newall wrote: > 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. I also think we're aiming for compatibility with Plan 9 here, which keeps this file in /dev > -- > 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/ > -- 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/