On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:59:45 -0800 Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 07:44:59PM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > I'm updating a Linux presentation, and I'm looking for a good > > description of /sys. I already have a good piece on the /proc pseudo > > file system,, but not on /sys. > > What specifically do you want to know about /sys? > > It's a virtual filesystem, a portion of which exports the internal > relationship between all real and virtual devices that the kernel knows > about. It contains one value per file, in text for, with the exception > of a very few binary files that are "pass-through" directly to to the > raw hardware. > > It also contains mount points for debugfs (at /sys/kernel/debug), and > securityfs (/sys/kerenel/debug). > > Does that help out? > > If you have specific questions, feel free to ask. > > I'd be interested to see what you have for /proc as well, because over > time, it has been migrating to a "process things only" information. All > device and other system-wide information things have been moving to > /sys.
Thanks. That answers my question. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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