From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 14:38:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 14:37:37 -0400 Received: from www.deepbluesolutions.co.uk ([212.18.232.186]:31493 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 14:36:10 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 19:36:01 +0100 From: Russell King To: Jan Kara Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux-2.5.17 Message-ID: <20020522193601.L16934@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <3CEBB385.5040904@evision-ventures.com> <20020522165834.GD12982@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <3CEBC29B.2050601@evision-ventures.com> <20020522175636.GB24755@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <3CEBCDCA.8030905@evision-ventures.com> <20020522181753.GE24755@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:17:53PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > OK. You convinced me that 'version' isn't needed. But how about > 'formats'? Currently quotaon(8) uses this field to check which format it > should try to turn on... I can live without it as quotaon(8) might try > new format and if it doesn't succeed it will try the old one but > anyway... Each sysctl file is only supposed to carry one bit of information - one number, one string. There should be no formatting of data. Have a look at /proc/sys/net/ipv4/* as an example. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html