On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 11:41:48PM +1200, Xiangfei Jia wrote: > Proc files are very useful to monitor kernel running status. But the outputs > of proc files are meaningless unless you know what the outputs stand for. > for example the output of the "/proc/modules", does the hex address at the > end of each line represent the starting address in the kernel or what? Every proc file has a different format. Good luck in figuring them all out. > Since 2.6, the sys files are added. I have the same problem too. It's too > difficult to understand the output of sys files. sysfs files are only 1 value per file. Their filename should be the clue as to what the contents are. > Just want to ask Where I can find the docs for the output format of these > files. ( I don't want to hacking into kernel source to find it out.) Why not? That's the simplest way to determine this. thanks, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
