From: Eric Saint Etienne <eric.saint.etienne@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:27:45 +0100 > I doubt that a blob model like /dev/mdesc is better since it's not > the approach that has been used in the kernel. You can convince > yourself of this by looking at where lshw gets most if its data: > from sysfs. That's because kernel developers before us (since 2.4 > when sysfs has been introduced, really) have decided to expose > things on sysfs rather then via blobs. So sysfs is definitely the > way to go. If some small library converts the blob into hierachical tree of text objects, _WHAT_ is the difference? We don't export things multiple ways form the kernel. We have an existing mechanism for mdesc export, please use it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
