Re: LSB1.1: /proc/cpuinfo

To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de>
Cc: lsb-discuss@lists.linuxbase.org, lsb-spec@lists.linuxbase.org
Subject: Re: LSB1.1: /proc/cpuinfo
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:34:01 -0500
Message-id: <20020103173401.A25141@thyrsus.com>
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In-reply-to: <20020103232651.A878@caldera.de>; from hch@caldera.de on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 11:26:51PM +0100
References: <20020103232651.A878@caldera.de>

Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de>:
> Please do not document anything in /proc besides the per-process
> information.

I disagree with this request.  Files like /proc/cpuinfo are very helpful
for autoconfigurastion and cluster management.  LSB's constituency would
be better served by more such information, not less.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>

The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
	-- George Washington & John Adams, in a diplomatic message to Malta.

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