From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:42:25 +0200 > On 09/19/2017 07:33 PM, David Miller wrote: >> The kernel has no business having all of the details of how to >> interpret binary property values, what they mean, what the >> most reasonable way is to format them, etc. > > So, you basically disagree with all the other subsystem maintainers? If /dev/mdesc didn't exist, we could further delve into the details of this situation. But it's there, for years, and it already provides the information that userspace needs. >> That's userspace. >> >> Sparc users already make use of special tools such as 'prtconf' >> and 'mdlint' already exists and works just fine. > > Tools that probably haven't been touched for ages. Like with SILO, > the world has moved on to more modern tools. Tools that work only need so many bug fixes and feature additions. What bug in prtconf are you aware of that I haven't fixed? What patch submitted to me for SILO or prtconf have I ignored and not given feedback to or applied straight away? -- 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
