sysfs ugly timer interface (was Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far)

Pavel Machek
2007-03-22T15:08:24Z

Hi!

> root@MAIN:/home/maxim# cat /sys/devices/system/clockevents/clockevents0/registered
> lapic F:0007 M:3(periodic) C: 1
> hpet F:0003 M:1(shutdown) C: 0
> lapic F:0007 M:3(periodic) C: 0
> root@MAIN:/home/maxim#

Now... this file needs to die, before 2.6.21 is released. It tries to
bring /proc-like parsing nightmare to sysfs. Kill it before it becomes
part of stable ABI!
Pavel

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