netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:59:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     chris@...isn.me.uk
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes,
 documentation improvements

From: Chris Novakovic <chris@...isn.me.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:58:22 +0100

>  - Patch #7 allows for NTP servers to be configured (manually on the
>    kernel command line or automatically via DHCP), enabling systems with
>    an NFS root filesystem to synchronise their clock before mounting
>    their root filesystem.

I think a plain file named /proc/net/ntp is quite confusing.  It doesn't
give any indication that it's a special file populated only by ipconfig
and not some general NTP thing the kernel is doing.

I would suggest creating a subdirectory like /proc/net/ipconfig or similar
to put such files.  Then the use and meaning is clear.

Also, as noted please remove patch 8 updating CREDITS, this really isn't
done any more.