Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm take4 2/6] support multiple logging

Keiichi KII
2007-04-24T08:15:54Z

>> We don't really have anything that corresponds to netpoll's
>> connections at higher levels.
>>
>> I'm tempted to say we should make this work more like the dummy
>> network device. ie:
>>
>> modprobe netconsole -o netcon1 [params]
>> modprobe netconsole -o netcon2 [params]
>
> The configuration of netconsole's looks like the configuration of routes.
> Granted you probably have more routes than netconsoles, but the interface
> issues are similar. Netlink with a small application wouldn't be nice.
> And having /proc/net/netconsole (read-only) would be good for the netlink
> impaired.

Do you say that we had better use procfs instead of sysfs to show the
configurations of netconsole?

If so, I have a question.
I thought that "procfs use things related to process as far as possible".
Is it no problem to use procfs here?

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Keiichi KII
NEC Corporation OSS Promotion Center
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