Re: [PATCH] Make procfs obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED

[H. Peter Anvin]

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch makes procfs non-optional unless EMBEDDED is set, just like
> > sysfs.  procfs is already de facto required for a large subset of
> > Linux functionality.
>
> I have no objection, but I'm curious why this wasn't done long ago.

Probably because procfs predates CONFIG_EMBEDDED by many years, and noone really thought 
about it.  Either that or it was part of the "let's switch all of userspace to sysfs, 
overnight!" conspiracy.

	-hpa
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