Re: [PATCH] DevFS support for /dev/cpu/X/(cpuid|msr)

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Sun, 06 Jan 2002 13:10:10 -0800


Richard Gooch wrote:

> H. Peter Anvin writes:
>
>>Once again, this shit does not belong in N drivers; it is core code.
>>
>
> Drivers have to register their own device nodes. What kind of API do
> you propose?
>

The existence of a CPU creates /dev/cpu/# and registering a node
replicates across the /dev/cpu directories.

-hpa

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