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SubjectRe: [patch-2.3.46-p3] /proc/driver/microcode P6 ucode support


On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > You see, Richard, there is a tiny problem. Many people will _really_ want
> > to configure DEVFS out of their kernels. Procfs is much more conservative
> > wrt dcache...
>
> Procfs adds 90K to the running footprint of my machine, so I want to run it
> as a loadable module using old style /dev when building embedded boxes.
> The real disk /dev is the right answer for small machines along with
> sysctl without proc.
>
> Devfs looks after the big machine issues better.

Alan, sorry, but I'm not talking about the size issues. Devfs uses dcache
in, erm, unusual ways and I wouldn't bet a dime on the correctness of
that. It _will_ stabilize (I hope), but for now...


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