Re: [patch-2.3.47] /proc/driver/microcode -> /dev/cpu/microcode

From: Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@tequila.cs.yale.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 10:26:18 EST


>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> writes:
> I'd advocate we move from a "tough, use procfs" attitude to a "tough,
> use devfs" attitude. If you don't want to have devfs in your kernel,
> you wouldn't want procfs either (if being consistent). After all,
> devfs doesn't *have* to be mounted over /dev.

I'd recommend an effort to merge the two into a SystemFS.
There should be /system/proc and /system/dev where /system/proc
only contains processes.

        Stefan

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