On 09/18/2017 06:43 PM, David Miller wrote: >> Also, since mdesc is basically a tree it maps well to a filesystem >> structure like sysfs. > > We don't export identical information two different ways in the kernel. I agree. > We have /dev/mdesc already. Is there anything that prevents us from removing it? > For the other cases, sysfs was done first. It wasn't duplicating an > existing mechanism. I don't think Eric wants to duplicate the mechanism. He rather wants to move mdesc to sysfs which sounds like a reasonable decision. As a user, I'd always be looking for system information below /sys, not in a special device available in /dev/. Not supporting sysfs for providing hardware information sounds like a step backwards to me. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxx `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 -- 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
