Re: [RFC] EDAC and the sysfs

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 07:30:26PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:31:05PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>  > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:14:19PM -0800, Doug Thompson wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > I am trying to design the sysfs interface tree for the
>  > > new set of EDAC modules that are waiting for this
>  > > interface, before being put into the kernel.  
>  > > 
>  > > Currently the original EDAC (bluesmoke) has its own
>  > > /proc directory (/proc/mc) with files and a directory
>  > > (0,1,2,...)for each memory controller on the system.
>  > > This will be removed and the new information interface
>  > > will be placed in the sysfs.
>  > > 
>  > > One proposal is to place the information in
>  > > /sys/devices/system in the following directories:
>  > 
>  > Why not use /sys/firmware/ instead?
> 
> Probably the same reason we don't have the cpufreq (for eg)
> stuff under /sys/firmware.  Because it's poking hardware,
> not manipulating firmware.
> 
> /sys/devices/system makes a lot more sense, as thats
> where the cpu level machine check stuff is (amongst other
> similar things).

Ok, that does make sense, thanks for explaining it.

greg k-h