On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:10:46AM +0100, Kristian S?rensen wrote: > On Monday 14 March 2005 03:59, Seth Arnold wrote: > > o making your own /proc/ files (not recommended) > Why not? It is simple, effective and transparent :-) And highly discouraged by the kernel community. The rule is, "No new /proc files, _unless_ they actually deal with processes." > You mention that sysfs is the way to go. What is the real difference between > sysfs and procfs? That's a loaded question :) There's lots of differences, from the programming interface (simpler, but you have to use kobjects), to the hierarchy rules (must fit into the proper place within sysfs), to the rules about the data (must have only one value per file.) If you want a fs that has no rules, and you can put anything in there you want, please use debugfs, that is what it was created for. Good luck, greg k-h
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