On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 06:27:48PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: > On Sep 27, 2007, at 17:34:45, Greg KH wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:37:42PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: >>> That fact that sysfs is all laid out in a directory, but for which some >>> directories/symlinks are OK to use, and some are NOT OK to use --- is why >>> I call the sysfs interface "an open pit". >> >> And because of the original design mistakes, we have only been able to >> change things for the better in a slow manner. We have had userspace >> programs fixed up for _years_ before we are able to make the corresponding >> changes in the kernel, so as to not break the distros that are slow to >> upgrade packages and kernels (like Debian.) > > Hey! No poking fingers at Debian here; it's been *MUCH* improved lately. Heh, sorry, but Debian in the past had a lot of problems in this area. It's good to know that this is no longer a issue :) thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
