Re: [PATCH 01/61] Rules on how to use sysfs in userspace programs

Greg KH
2007-07-12T00:04:22Z

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 07:38:59PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> > From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> >
> > Here's a document to help clear things up.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > ---
> > Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 files changed, 166 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..42861bb
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
> > +Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs
> > +
> > +The kernel exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation-details
> kernel-exported implementation details
> > +and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon
> > +by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable
> > +internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal
> > +structures, the sysfs interface can not provide a stable interface eighter,
> either
> ...
>
> you might want to hold off on that patch for a few minutes. :-)

Patches for grammer are always accepted :)

Care to make up one against Linus's tree after this goes in?

thanks,

greg k-h