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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] move /proc/xen to /proc/sys/xen in xen linux

To: "Hollis Blanchard" <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] move /proc/xen to /proc/sys/xen in xen linux
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:29:01 -0000
Cc: "Mike D. Day" <ncmike@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 > On Wednesday 16 November 2005 10:53, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > I'd have expected that a patch to move this would have 
> needed to touch 
> > the tools? Maybe they don't use the path directly?  The 
> documentation 
> > should probably be updated too, and atleast one of the error printk 
> > paths could do with being updated.
> 
> Why is this on the todo list 
> (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenTodoList)? 
> AFAIK, /proc/sys is strictly for sysctl settings.
> 
> I'll agree that /proc/xen isn't an ideal location, but 
> /proc/sys/xen seems worse.

I think the last time this was discussed vi email /sys/xen was the
preferred location, but I don't think there was a lot in it...

Ian 

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