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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Linus <torvalds@osdl.org>,
	linuxppc64-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PPC64 iSeries viodasd proc file
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:17:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040618151753.GA21596@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40D305B4.4030009@pobox.com>

On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 11:09:40AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >Hi Andrew,
> >
> >This patch adds a proc file for viodasd so to make it
> >easier to enumerate the available disks.  It is in a
> >(somewhat) strange format to try for a simple level of
> >compatability with the old viodasd code (that was in a
> >couple of vendor's kernels).
> 
> Exporting redundant information from procfs is a step backwards, since 
> we have sysfs.
> 
> I would prefer not to apply this.  Upstream is for 'getting it right', 
> not for dragging every little vendor kernel hack along.

Agreed.  And the old viodasd reason was rejected exactly because it was
such a f***ing mess.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-18 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-18  6:54 [PATCH] PPC64 iSeries viodasd proc file Stephen Rothwell
2004-06-18 15:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-18 15:17   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2004-06-20 19:52     ` Jeremy
2004-06-20 21:11       ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-06-21  6:04       ` Greg KH
     [not found]         ` <cb5afee10406210914451dc6@mail.gmail.com>
2004-06-23 21:15           ` Jeremy Katz
2004-06-23 21:45             ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-23 22:03             ` Greg KH
2004-06-24  0:38               ` Jeff Garzik
2004-06-24 20:59                 ` Greg KH
2004-06-24 21:25                   ` Jeff Garzik
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-23 23:54 Stephen Rothwell
2004-06-23 23:55 ` Greg KH

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