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

To: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] move /proc/xen to /proc/sys/xen in xen linux
From: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:34:59 -0600
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On Wednesday 16 November 2005 11:29, Ian Pratt wrote:
>  > 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...

/sys/xen would be sysfs, which is very different. I agree though: sysfs sounds 
more appropriate.

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Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center

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