From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
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Pantelis Antoniou <panto@antoniou-consulting.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] configfs: Implement binary attributes (v3)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:54:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141029025418.GA7842@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1414528232-7707-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:30:32PM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> ConfigFS lacked binary attributes up until now. This patch
> introduces support for binary attributes in a somewhat similar
> manner of sysfs binary attributes albeit with changes that
> fit the configfs usage model.
>
> Problems that configfs binary attributes fix are everything that
> requires a binary blob as part of the configuration of a resource,
> such as bitstream loading for FPGAs, DTBs for dynamically created
> devices etc.
What's wrong with using the firmware interface for this instead?
What driver/subsystem wants to use configfs binary files? Having a user
for this api is essential if you want it to be merged.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-29 2:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-28 20:30 [PATCH] configfs: Implement binary attributes (v3) Pantelis Antoniou
2014-10-29 2:54 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2014-10-29 6:58 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2015-06-13 2:06 ` Chris Wulff
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