From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] x86, UV: BAU performance and error recovery
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:47:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100528164725.GA29208@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BFFEFA1.1020307@zytor.com>
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 09:30:25AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/28/2010 06:33 AM, Cliff Wickman wrote:
> > - adds modification of tuning variables through /proc/sgi_uv
>
> Adding new directories in /proc for a proprietary architecture is
> frowned upon, to put it mildly. At the very least try to find a place
> in sysfs for it.
>
> [Cc: gregkh in order to find a place in sysfs]
Hm, what type of files are you needing here? Do they corrispond with
any specific hardware devices? If so, just put them on the hardware
devices in sysfs.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-28 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-28 13:33 [PATCH V3] x86, UV: BAU performance and error recovery Cliff Wickman
2010-05-28 16:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-05-28 16:47 ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-05-28 19:43 ` Cliff Wickman
2010-05-28 22:23 ` Greg KH
2010-05-28 23:36 ` Cliff Wickman
2010-05-29 0:05 ` Greg KH
2010-05-31 19:48 ` Cliff Wickman
2010-05-29 0:10 ` JD
2010-05-31 20:14 ` Cliff Wickman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-05-31 21:52 Cliff Wickman
2010-06-01 7:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-05-31 19:49 Cliff Wickman
2010-05-25 17:02 Cliff Wickman
2010-05-28 9:33 ` Ingo Molnar
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