Re: /sys rules Re: [RFC PATCH] fpga: Introduce new fpga subsystem

[Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>]

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On 09/19/2013 04:06 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 02:52:37PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> On Thu 2013-09-19 13:22:00, Michal Simek wrote:
>>> On 09/19/2013 01:17 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>
>>>>> Status is just there and for my zynq devcfg driver I do export some status
>>>>> bits.
>>>>>
>>>>> root@petalinux:~# cat /sys/class/fpga/fpga0/status
>>>>> partial_bitstream_status: 0
>>>>> prog_done_status: 1
>>>>> dbg_lock_status: 0
>>>>> seu_lock_status: 0
>>>>> aes_en_lock_status: 0
>>>>> aes_status: 0
>>>>> seu_status: 0
>>>>> spniden_status: 1
>>>>> spiden_status: 1
>>>>> niden_status: 1
>>>>> dbgen_status: 1
>>>>> dap_en_status: 7
>>>>
>>>> This is single file? If so, it needs to be changed. Greg is rather
>>>> clear about that.
>>>
>>> Don't you have a link to these rules? I have seen any paragraph from Greg
>>> about it but I forget where was it.
>>
>> "one value per file" and "there must be documentation in
>> Documentation/ for each file" are the rules, iirc.
>>
>> There's Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt, but it does not seem too
>> relevant.
> 
> Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt says it.  It probably should be
> added to sysfs-rules.txt as well, but the odds that anyone ever reads
> the documentation is so low I doubt it's even worth it.
> 
> Also, all sysfs files have to be documented in Documentation/ABI/ which
> this patch does not do :(
> 
> And yes, multiple values in a single sysfs file is not allowed at all.
> 

ok. I will read that. This is output from my fpga end driver - nothing
what I have sent for review.
Can you please look at origin patch and tell me what you think about it?

Thanks,
Michal




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