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Old 05-01-2007, 01:26 PM   #1
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/sys directory

What exactly is this directory? Is it like the /proc directory in that it is 'system' directory and should not be messed with?

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Old 05-01-2007, 02:30 PM   #2
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Yes, it's like the /proc directory but it's used by the 2.6 kernel as a device tree list.
 
  


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