From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:30:43 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49B8C12B.1040508@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090311220700.GA16368@nostromo.devel.redhat.com>
Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Given the general array of current interfaces in the kernel, isn't
> read/write of textual parameters better suited to sysfs or procfs
> than a character device?
Procfs and Sysfs are used to control devices. Dev is used to access
them. Dev is the right place to fetch and set the time; having a text
interface is beside the point.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-12 8:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-11 15:10 [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9 Christopher Brannon
2009-03-11 21:49 ` Jochen Voß
2009-03-11 22:07 ` Bill Nottingham
2009-03-12 8:00 ` David Newall [this message]
2009-03-12 18:15 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-03-12 9:30 ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2009-03-14 16:13 ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-17 15:15 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-03-21 22:05 ` Pavel Machek
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-03-04 3:06 Christopher Brannon
2009-03-06 17:57 ` Greg KH
2009-03-07 5:43 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-03-07 5:54 ` Greg KH
2009-03-07 16:08 ` Chris Brannon
2009-03-08 16:03 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-03-06 22:56 ` john stultz
2009-03-07 16:23 ` Chris Brannon
2009-03-12 18:12 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-03-14 23:27 ` Chris Brannon
2009-03-10 11:22 ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-11 7:28 ` Américo Wang
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