RE: [patch-2.3.46-p2] P6 microcode update support

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:25:12 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
>
> I don't have any comments on the microcode updating,
> but on 1/16/2000, Linus wrote that "sysctl is deprecated"
> (entire quote is below).

[ Email always comes back to haunt you ;]

sysclt definitely is deprecated. /proc is not.

I agree that it's probably better to use /proc/drivers/<drivername>, and I
shouldn't have said /proc/sys/xxx. Although in this case I like "sys"
better than "driver" as a name (it's just the sysctl _tables_ I hate, not
the _name_ /proc/sys)

Linus

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