Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Sep 1999 22:10:18 +0200 (CEST) | From | Kai Schulte <> | Subject | Re: /proc/cpuinfo verbiage differ unnecessarily between ports... |
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On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Vince Weaver wrote:
> well, I am an author of one of those "user-space tools" that reads > /proc/cpuinfo. ... > if enough people think this is a good idea, I might try to work out a > patch that does this. > > If not, I will let the mess continue. I have to maintain the code one way > or another; it would be nicer just to have ther kernel do the right thing.
Let it continue... tools that parse kernel information deserve a proper interface and should not have to parse the information out of strings. There is sysctl, and parts of it could just be declared "reasonably stable". Things could be a lot cleaner that way.
/proc is still a useful idea, especially for new features for which there are no corresponding utilities yet (although, as a purist, I'd rather do without this bit of kernel bloat... ;)
Kai
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