On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 23:59 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
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> On Dec 21 2007 14:35, Greg KH wrote:
> >> >> >I guess it could be, but the input for /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr is
> >> >> >base 10 as well
> >> >> 
> >> >> sysfs is autobase, i.e. echo "0xb000" >/sys/foo will Do The Right Thing.
> >> >
> >> >yes but if you cat  /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr, it returns in base 10.
> >> 
> >> sysfs should probably be tuned to output it in a preferred base.
> >
> >Again, this is sysctl, not sysfs.  two very different things...
> >
> Argh... :)  Just shows that /proc is the wrong place for system variables.
> 
> Well, module_params(integer) are autobase, and that's all I needed so 
> far :-D

So in the end we are all happy with the original patch I sent?

-Eric

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