From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261906AbVGaVTS (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:19:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261908AbVGaVTS (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:19:18 -0400 Received: from lyle.provo.novell.com ([137.65.81.174]:27758 "EHLO lyle.provo.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261906AbVGaVTR (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:19:17 -0400 Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:19:01 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Markus Lidel Cc: Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sysfs abuse in recent i2o changes Message-ID: <20050731211901.GC17363@suse.de> References: <20050628112102.GA1111@lst.de> <42C16691.3090205@shadowconnect.com> <20050628162125.GA9239@suse.de> <42C19214.6070708@shadowconnect.com> <20050628180719.GA11585@suse.de> <42C25CBF.8000509@shadowconnect.com> <20050708060028.GB5323@suse.de> <20050731140939.GB25958@lst.de> <42ECF0ED.9070007@shadowconnect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42ECF0ED.9070007@shadowconnect.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 05:40:29PM +0200, Markus Lidel wrote: > Hello, > > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >So folks, this is still in 2.6.13-rc4, shouldn't we pull it out so we > > Yep, sorry... I'll try to send the patch during next week... > > >don't add an interface soon to be removed again to 2.6.13? > > The interface will still be available, because IMHO it fits better then > the old ioctl based one... But until the necessary functions for the > interface are available, i'll provide a separate patch, which could be > downloaded at the I2O website... What "necessary functions for the interface"? Remember, you are not using sysfs properly, so please fix your code to not do that anymore. thanks, greg k-h