From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752722Ab0IHRjQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:39:16 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:35074 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752080Ab0IHRjN (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:39:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:39:10 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Kay Sievers Cc: greg@kroah.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen , axboe@kernel.dk Subject: Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout v2 Message-ID: <20100908193910.2d27a33b@basil.nowhere.org> In-Reply-To: References: <1283957657-17740-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:27:37 +0200 Kay Sievers wrote: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 16:54, Andi Kleen wrote: > > From: Andi Kleen > > > > I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old udev > > versions, and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for > > them. > > It's not udev, it's other tools making wrong assumptions like that > directories can not be a symlink to a directory, or that a device is > always the same parent device. It's also not udev which fails on newer > installations, it's the lack of information in the non-extensible > deprecated layout which makes all sorts of tools fail. So please > work-off the text from the old help text instead of blaming the wrong > things here. :) Ok. I can either send out a new patch or Greg can change the description of v2 to dish out the blame in a Kay approved matter when he merges it. What you guys prefer. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.