Re: Opinions on removing /proc/tty?

[Mike Galbraith]

On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 22:56 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> Does anyone use the info in /proc/tty? The hard coded device names
> aren't compatible with udev's ability to rename things.
> 
> There also doesn't appear to be any useful info in the drivers portion
> that isn't already available in sysfs. I can add some code to make a
> list of registered line disciplines appear in sysfs.
> 
> Does anyone have a problem with deleting /proc/tty if ldisc enum
> support is added to sysfs?

ps uses /proc/tty/drivers, so some coordination would be needed.

	-Mike

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