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Explore Stack Internal When we register a driver, the "name""name" parameter shows up in /proc/devices/proc/devices, yet we can write to the devices using the entry in /dev corresponding to the device. What are the core ideas behind /proc and /dev entries? Moving further, is sysfs supposed to be a replacement for procfs? How does it differ from procfs?
When we register a driver, the "name" parameter shows up in /proc/devices yet we can write to the devices using the entry in /dev corresponding to the device. What are the core ideas behind /proc and /dev entries? Moving further, is sysfs supposed to be a replacement for procfs? How does it differ from procfs?
When we register a driver, the "name" parameter shows up in /proc/devices, yet we can write to the devices using the entry in /dev corresponding to the device. What are the core ideas behind /proc and /dev entries? Moving further, is sysfs supposed to be a replacement for procfs? How does it differ from procfs?
When we register a driver, the "name" parameter shows up in /proc/devices yet we can write to the devices using the entry in /dev corresponding to the device. What are the core ideas behind /proc and /dev entries? Moving further, is sysfs supposed to be a replacement for procfs? How does it differ from procfs?
