From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753725AbZG0Q3F (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:29:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753703AbZG0Q3E (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:29:04 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:56479 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753699AbZG0Q3D (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:29:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:26:01 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Randy Dunlap Cc: lkml , Lucian Adrian Grijincu Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional Message-ID: <20090727162601.GA3632@suse.de> References: <20090727090642.0e495919.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20090727161031.GA15328@suse.de> <20090727091824.38d55ea1.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090727091824.38d55ea1.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:18:24AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:10:33 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:06:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > From: Lucian Adrian Grijincu > > > Subject: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional > > > > > > The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always > > > compiled in the kernel. > > > > But it should be :) > > Well, you have the option of making it non-optional. > > > > Seriously, who turns sysfs off these days, does anyone? If so, why? > > Why is it configurable then? Probably the same reason /proc is configurable. No one ever turns it off, but hey, it's possible :) thanks, greg k-h