Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit.

[Telford002@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/3/01 6:47:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, tim@tjansen.de 
writes:

> On Saturday 03 November 2001 00:31, you wrote:
>  > Hmm, I'd argue that a GUI tool would be fairly useless without knowing 
> what
>  > the values meant anwyay, to give help, in which case you might as well 
> know
>  > the types.
>  
>  Take, as an example, the compression module parameter of the PWC (Philips 
>  Webcam) driver. Currently you can specify a value between 0 for 
uncompressed 
> 
>  and 3 for high compression. If a GUI shows me that only values between 0 
and 
> 
>  3 are allowed I could guess that I have to enter "3" for high compression 
>  without searching for the documentation. It would be even better if I 
could 
>  select four strings, "none", "low", "medium" and "high". 
>  
>  I do see the advantages of using strings in proc, and maybe there is 
another 
> 
>  solution: keep the type information out of the proc filesystem and save it 
>  in a file similar to Configure.help, together with a description for a 
file. 
> 
>  I just don't know how to ensure that they are in sync. 
>  
It would always be possible to build a front end to the /proc file
system.

Joachim Martillo