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This guide describes the use of the procfs file system from
within the Linux kernel. The idea to write this guide came up on
the #kernelnewbies IRC channel (see <a class="ulink" href="http://www.kernelnewbies.org/" target="_top">http://www.kernelnewbies.org/</a>),
when Jeff Garzik explained the use of procfs and forwarded me a
message Alexander Viro wrote to the linux-kernel mailing list. I
agreed to write it up nicely, so here it is.
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I'd like to thank Jeff Garzik
<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:jgarzik@pobox.com">jgarzik@pobox.com</a>></code> and Alexander Viro
<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk">viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk</a>></code> for their input,
Tim Waugh <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:twaugh@redhat.com">twaugh@redhat.com</a>></code> for his <a class="ulink" href="http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/docbook/selfdocbook/" target="_top">Selfdocbook</a>,
and Marc Joosen <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:marcj@historia.et.tudelft.nl">marcj@historia.et.tudelft.nl</a>></code> for
proofreading.
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Erik
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