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Date:      Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:56:11 +0200
From:      Nikolay Pavlov <qpadla@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        cnst@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org, rwatson@freebsd.org, Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, imp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sensors framework continued (architecture)
Message-ID:  <200711261956.15268.qpadla@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20071126143319.x9e9cezeo0ocso8k@webmail.leidinger.net>
References:  <20071109124421.3c1901b1@deskjail> <20071126124438.GA77230@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <20071126143319.x9e9cezeo0ocso8k@webmail.leidinger.net>

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On Monday 26 November 2007 15:33:19 Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> What we discuss in this thread is the kernel<->userland interface. You  
> wrote that Linux uses sysfs as the kernel<->userland interface. Poul  
> proposes the /dev/sensors special file (not directory) as the  
> kernel<->userland interface, and I propose sysctl as the  
> kernel<->userland interface.

This is file descriptor based interface if i am not mistaken. But it uses 
natural MIB-like directory structure. Isn't this is a compromise? 

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- Best regards, Nikolay Pavlov. <<<-----------------------------------    
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