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

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Message-ID: <adf38ecc-c305-5d3d-33ba-ab515bdebce5@chrisn.me.uk>
Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:12:23 +0100
From:   Chris Novakovic <chris@...isn.me.uk>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes,
 documentation improvements

On 18/04/2018 19:06, Chris Novakovic wrote:
> On 18/04/2018 18:59, David Miller wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> That sounds more sensible --- I'll rework patch 7 and resend. (Would you
> prefer me to post the entire series to the list again, or just that one
> patch?)

Sorry, I just realised how stupid that sounded: I can't remove patch 8
unless I repost the series... :)