From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] debugfs - yet another in-kernel file system
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:02:24 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041210160224.GA6714@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0412100859210.15980@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:00:22AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> I have to admit that adding another filesystem that is very like procfs or
> >> sysfs make some kind of redundancy.
> >
> >Why? The main issue is the discussion usually goes like this:
> >
> >Me: Hey, the /proc/driver/foo/foo_value really shouldn't be in proc.
> >Developer: Ok, but it has a lot of really good debug stuff in it. Can
> >I put it in sysfs?
> >Me: No, sysfs is for one-value-per-file whenever possible. It needs to
> >go somewhere else.
> >Developer: Well, if you don't have anywhere else to put it, why are you
> >even bringing this up at all. Go away and leave me alone.
>
> So how about adding seqfiles (or multi-value-per-file things) to sysfs?
No, that is not going to happen, as it is directly opposite to how sysfs
is supposed to work (one _single_ value per file).
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-10 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-10 0:50 [RFC PATCH] debugfs - yet another in-kernel file system Greg KH
2004-12-10 0:55 ` [RFC PATCH] convert uhci-hcd to use debugfs Greg KH
2004-12-10 14:15 ` Josh Boyer
2004-12-10 15:27 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10 16:21 ` Josh Boyer
2004-12-10 17:17 ` Comments on new kernel dev. model Peter Karlsson
2004-12-10 23:44 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10 7:07 ` [RFC PATCH] debugfs - yet another in-kernel file system Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-10 7:54 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10 8:00 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-10 16:02 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-12-10 14:46 ` Josh Boyer
2004-12-10 15:30 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10 16:26 ` Josh Boyer
2004-12-10 17:21 ` Jörn Engel
2004-12-10 17:35 ` Greg KH
2004-12-10 18:29 ` Jörn Engel
2004-12-10 19:38 ` Roland Dreier
2004-12-11 1:29 ` [linux-usb-devel] " David Brownell
2004-12-11 1:39 ` Greg KH
2004-12-11 2:02 ` David Brownell
2004-12-11 2:05 ` Greg KH
2004-12-11 2:26 ` Roland Dreier
2004-12-11 2:32 ` Greg KH
2004-12-11 13:23 ` Roland Dreier
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