Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 15:18:30 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make procfs obligatory except under CONFIG_EMBEDDED |
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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.
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