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By author:Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> The only problem with /proc as it stands is that there is no formal
> syntax for its entries. Some of them are hard to parse.
>
/proc/sys is probably the method to follow. Every it
Tim Jansen wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 April 2001 18:39, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >> Are there alternatives to get complex and extendable information out to
> >> user space?
> > Yes filesystem structures.
>
> How exactly can this work? A single value per file is not very helpful if you
> have a th
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 18:43, mirabilos wrote:
> What about indenting? I think of 0 spaces before the device name,
> 1 space before properties which belong to the device.
> Structure per entry:
>[Space] Name colon property
But what is the advantage? Its not less work in the kernel, and in
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 18:39, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Are there alternatives to get complex and extendable information out to
> user space?
> Yes filesystem structures.
How exactly can this work? A single value per file is not very helpful if you
have a thousand values. You could cluster th
Tim Jansen wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 24 April 2001 11:40, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> > Tim Jansen wrote:
> > > The Linux Device Registry (devreg) is a kernel patch that adds a device
> > > database in XML format to the /proc filesystem. It collects all
> > OH SHIT!! ^^^
> > Why don't you just add p
> > > The Linux Device Registry (devreg) is a kernel patch that adds a
device
> > > database in XML format to the /proc filesystem. It collects all
> > OH SHIT!! ^^^
> > Why don't you just add postscript output to /proc?
>
> XML wasn't my first choice. The 0.1.x versions used simple name/valu
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 11:40, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Tim Jansen wrote:
> > The Linux Device Registry (devreg) is a kernel patch that adds a device
> > database in XML format to the /proc filesystem. It collects all
> OH SHIT!! ^^^
> Why don't you just add postscript output to /proc?
XML w
Tim Jansen wrote:
>
> The Linux Device Registry (devreg) is a kernel patch that adds a device
> database in XML format to the /proc filesystem. It collects all information
OH SHIT!! ^^^
Why don't you just add postscript output to /proc?
> about the system's physical devices, creates pers
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