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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@ixiacom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:26:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090727162601.GA3632@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090727091824.38d55ea1.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:18:24AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:10:33 -0700 Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:06:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > From:	Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@ixiacom.com>
> > > Subject: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional
> > > 
> > > The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always
> > > compiled in the kernel.
> > 
> > But it should be :)
> 
> Well, you have the option of making it non-optional.
> 
> 
> > Seriously, who turns sysfs off these days, does anyone?  If so, why?
> 
> Why is it configurable then?

Probably the same reason /proc is configurable.  No one ever turns it
off, but hey, it's possible :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-27 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-27 16:06 [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional Randy Dunlap
2009-07-27 16:10 ` Greg KH
2009-07-27 16:18   ` Randy Dunlap
2009-07-27 16:26     ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-07-27 22:49       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2009-07-27 23:21         ` Greg KH
2009-08-01  9:14       ` Christian Kujau
2009-08-01 16:49         ` Randy Dunlap

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