From: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@gmx.de>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Cc: gregkh@suse.de, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.net,
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 13/26] staging:batman-adv: convert multiple /proc files to use sysfs
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 21:47:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005122147.48348.sven.eckelmann@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100512194309.GE4946@lunn.ch>
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Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Regarding the question which kernel configuration interface to use,
> > we would be more than happy to receive some guidance. At this point
> > we are rather unsure which of the many (procfs/sysfs/configfs/etc)
> > filesystems are we supposed to go forward with.
>
> Does it even need to be a filesystem?
>
> cfg80211 uses netlink.
> ifconfig seems to use ioctl calls.
>
> What over APIs are available for passing configuration and tables of
> status information back and forth?
>
> Tomorrow is a holiday in the part of the world i live in, and it is
> supposed to be raining. Sounds like ideal conditions for doing a bit
> of research and then comparing and contrasting our options...
Top priority in the conversation from proc to something else was to allow
configuration/debugging with simple file operations (read, write) and not to
depend on a special tool like batctl.
Best regards,
Sven Eckelmann
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-06 20:18 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 00/26] staging:batman-adv Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 01/26] staging:batman-adv: only modify hna-table on active module Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 02/26] staging:batman-adv: Clone shared bat packets before modifying them Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 03/26] staging:batman-adv: fix aggregation timing bug Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 04/26] staging:batman-adv: Fix aggregation direct-link bug Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 05/26] staging:batman-adv: Update copyright years Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 06/26] staging:batman-adv: remove the beta from main.h for release Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 07/26] staging:batman-adv: Remove dead max addr and obsolete VIS_FORMAT strings Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 08/26] staging:batman-adv: Add 0.2.1 changes to the CHANGELOG Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 09/26] staging:batman-adv: Update README about vis raw output Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 10/26] staging:batman-adv: Changing version to 0.2.2-beta Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 11/26] staging:batman-adv: cleanup: change test for end of array Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 12/26] staging:batman-adv: fix whitespace style issues Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 13/26] staging:batman-adv: convert multiple /proc files to use sysfs Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:41 ` Greg KH
2010-05-12 17:19 ` Marek Lindner
2010-05-12 17:38 ` Greg KH
2010-05-12 18:55 ` Sven Eckelmann
2010-05-12 19:17 ` Greg KH
2010-05-12 23:51 ` Marek Lindner
2010-05-14 16:10 ` Greg KH
2010-05-13 11:45 ` Andrew Lunn
2010-05-16 13:18 ` Simon Wunderlich
2010-05-12 23:25 ` Marek Lindner
2010-05-12 19:43 ` Andrew Lunn
2010-05-12 19:47 ` Sven Eckelmann [this message]
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 14/26] staging:batman-adv: convert more files from /proc to /sys Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 15/26] staging:batman-adv: move originator interval setting " Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 16/26] staging:batman-adv: remove redundant pointer to originator interface Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 17/26] staging:batman-adv: move /proc interface handling to /sys Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 18/26] staging:batman-adv: fix whitespace style issues Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 19/26] staging:batman-adv: Reorganize sequence number handling Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 20/26] staging:batman-adv: Limit queue lengths for batman and broadcast packets Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 21/26] staging:batman-adv: kfree_skb() in interface_tx() in error case Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 22/26] staging:batman-adv: Update pointer to ethhdr after skb_copy Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 23/26] staging:batman-adv: Update TODO file to reflect current state Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 24/26] staging:batman-adv: Fix whitespace problems criticized by checkpatch.pl Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 25/26] staging:batman-adv: Reduce max characters on a line to 80 Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 20:18 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 26/26] staging:batman-adv: updating README Andrew Lunn
2010-05-06 21:44 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 00/26] staging:batman-adv Sven Eckelmann
2010-05-07 3:14 ` Marek Lindner
2010-05-07 10:48 ` Sven Eckelmann
2010-05-07 5:25 ` Andrew Lunn
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2010-05-07 19:47 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 00/26] Staging: batman-adv: linux-next Andrew Lunn
2010-05-07 19:47 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 13/26] Staging: batman-adv: convert multiple /proc files to use sysfs Andrew Lunn
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