Re: [PATCH] Make modules work in Linus' tree on ARM [LWN.net]

From:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To:		Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject:		Re: [PATCH] Make modules work in Linus' tree on ARM
Date:		Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:19:17 -0700 (PDT)
Cc:		Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Russell King wrote:
> 
> After reviewing the /proc/kcore and kclist issues, I've decided that I'm
> no longer prepared to even _think_ about supporting /proc/kcore on ARM -

I suspect we should just remove it altogether.

Does anybody actually _use_ /proc/kcore? It was one of those "cool 
feature" things, but I certainly haven't ever used it myself except for 
testing, and it's historically often been broken after various kernel 
infrastructure updates, and people haven't complained..

Comments?

		Linus

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