Re: LSB1.1: /proc/cpuinfo
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 05:34:01PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> 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.
You missed the point. There very major reasons why it shouldn't be
standardized (this is Al Viro's wording with whom I just discussed the
issue):
a) proposed standard doesn't match existing practice
b) any program relying on described contents is broken at least on
some platforms for all existing versions of Linux
c) /proc/cpuinfo WILL disappear from /proc <unholy words snipped>
Besides that your above two applications won't be LSB-compliant due to a
variety of other reason in the near future.
Christoph
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