From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [RFC] dev_acpi: device driver for userspace access to ACPI Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:36:37 -0700 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040805043636.GA28244@kroah.com> References: <1091552426.4981.103.camel@tdi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1091552426.4981.103.camel@tdi> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Alex Williamson Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:00:26AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > Populating the sysfs tree didn't seem to generate as much interest as > I'd hoped and I don't think it kept with the spirit of sysfs very well. I'm sorry if I didn't speak up at the time, but I still think that your sysfs patches were the right way to go. Why do you think they don't keep with the spirit of sysfs? Do you have a pointer to your last patch that exported the acpi table info through sysfs? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267544AbUHEFEV (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 01:04:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267551AbUHEFDw (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 01:03:52 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:7808 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267544AbUHEFBT (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2004 01:01:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:36:37 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Alex Williamson Cc: acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] dev_acpi: device driver for userspace access to ACPI Message-ID: <20040805043636.GA28244@kroah.com> References: <1091552426.4981.103.camel@tdi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1091552426.4981.103.camel@tdi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:00:26AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > Populating the sysfs tree didn't seem to generate as much interest as > I'd hoped and I don't think it kept with the spirit of sysfs very well. I'm sorry if I didn't speak up at the time, but I still think that your sysfs patches were the right way to go. Why do you think they don't keep with the spirit of sysfs? Do you have a pointer to your last patch that exported the acpi table info through sysfs? thanks, greg k-h