Re: [patch-2.3.46-p3] /proc/driver/microcode P6 ucode support

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 06:40:06 EST

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    > 1) Find what kernel is running (i.e. /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease)
    uname()

    > 4) Find what filesystems the kernel supports (i.e. /proc/filesystems)

    Try them and see

    > 5) Find what devices are mounted on what filesystem (i.e. /proc/mounts)
    > (right now there _is_ no way to find what /dev/root is short of doing
    > a stat on "/" and then stating everything in /dev for a matching dev_t,
    > or using devfs, or doing what libc does -- believng whatever crap is
    > in fstab)

    Thats fine - it works. Its reliable

    > If I could do these things without /proc, I would be glad to adjust
    > the user space of my embedded stuff accordingly and save the 90k,

    Most of these arent needed on an embedded box.

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