From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Subject: Re: /sys/block vs. /sys/class/block
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:45:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041220094506.GM3140@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41C69EF3.6010207@yahoo.com.au>
On Mon, Dec 20 2004, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >>Seems like that's where it belongs.
> >>
> >>The reason why it is in /sys/block is because it is apparently a
> >>"subsystem",
> >>and using decl_subsys - drivers/block/genhd.c
> >
> >
> >I'm not convinced ... If you look at how /sys is organized, it really
> >doesn't make any sense ... block devives are really devices of "class
> >block", wether we have a block "subsystem" in there is irrelevant imho.
> >
>
> Sorry to be unclear: I was agreeing with you ;)
>
> I was just pointing out that the reason it is currently /sys/block is
> that decl_subsys call.
Ditto, the question is how to move it with as little pain as possible...
I think the symlink approach would be fine.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-20 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-20 7:08 /sys/block vs. /sys/class/block Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-12-20 8:16 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-20 9:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-12-20 9:44 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-20 9:45 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2004-12-20 11:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-20 14:08 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-20 22:49 ` Greg KH
2004-12-21 7:07 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-12-22 2:34 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-12-22 4:34 ` Stephen Rothwell
2004-12-22 6:20 ` Greg KH
2004-12-23 6:39 ` David Weinehall
2004-12-23 6:55 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-01-06 23:14 ` Greg KH
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