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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Make procfs obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED
Bill Davidsen wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
>>
>> This patch makes procfs non-optional unless EMBEDDED is set, just like
>> sysfs. procfs is already de facto required for a large subset of
>> Linux functionality.
>
> I have no objection, but I'm curious why this wasn't done long ago.
>

Probably because procfs predates CONFIG_EMBEDDED by many years, and noone really thought
about it. Either that or it was part of the "let's switch all of userspace to sysfs,
overnight!" conspiracy.

-hpa
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