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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: procfs proc_write_file bug
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:56:03 -0800
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 05:48:14PM +0100, Petr Grillinger wrote:
> Sorry about the tabs, I forgot to change my editor settings.
> I use procfs to export information about my module - in text form.

That's what sysfs is for.

> I also use it to export the binary image of some configuration
> data (about 16KB).

sysfs's binary files work well for this.

thanks,

greg k-h