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

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2000 - 07:27:04 EST


> Currently all options suck equally. I'm not advocating /proc for the data
> (that'd be silly) but I am against a wholesale change from one dump to
> another in the name of being "pretty" wit a more significant fix.

It should be a misc device too obviously.

Your 68K of devfs does actually get you a whole pile of things beyond /dev.
The trouble is none of them are things that embedded people care about.

Alan

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