From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758906Ab0E1Qrd (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 12:47:33 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:42495 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756515Ab0E1Qrc (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 12:47:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:47:25 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Cliff Wickman Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] x86, UV: BAU performance and error recovery Message-ID: <20100528164725.GA29208@suse.de> References: <4BFFEFA1.1020307@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4BFFEFA1.1020307@zytor.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 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