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

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:14:51 +1100


On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:13:02 +0000
Matt Dainty <matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 06:40:58PM -0700, Richard Gooch wrote:
> >
> > So I'd like to propose a new file (say kernel/smp.c) which has generic
> > startup code for each CPU. To start with, it can have a
> > generic_cpu_init() function, which is called by each arch. Note that
> > this function would be called for the boot CPU too.
>
> Would this also be hacked into whatever Hotswap CPU support exists? Such

We use /proc/sys/cpu/#/. I don't understand what /dev/cpu/xxx is supposed to
do.

It's unfortunate that /proc/sys and /proc suck so hard that good coders go
to great lengths to do anything else [see previous /proc/sys patches].

Rusty.

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