linux-kernel - Re: [patch 09/11] GRU Driver

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Message-ID: <aday75d5q3p.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:20:10 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, holt@....com, andrea@...ranet.com
Subject: Re: [patch 09/11] GRU Driver - /proc interfaces

 > AFAICT, this is not a format that is compatible with the /sys guidelines of 1 value
 > per file.
 > 
 > A system can have 1000's of GRU chiplets. Having separate collection of files for
 > each set of metrics is clumsy. What other drivers have similar issues. I'll
 > gladly copy whatever makes sense.

I guess the closest parallel would be networking, where you might have
1000s of routes etc.  So maybe netlink is your best bet.

 - R.
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