From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753426Ab0IHOCk (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:02:40 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:36305 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750895Ab0IHOCi (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:02:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:02:35 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Greg KH Cc: Kay Sievers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen , axboe@kernel.dk, tiwai@suse.de, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout Message-ID: <20100908160235.61ae1200@basil.nowhere.org> In-Reply-To: <20100908135530.GA2978@kroah.com> References: <1283951991-16202-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <20100908135530.GA2978@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:55:30 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > But, Kay and I just changed the logic in the kernel in this area, > getting rid of the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option entirely, to try > to make the code path smaller, only offering the "old" mode for block > devices, to keep kernels booting on userspace instances like what you > have. That will likely break my user space, it relies on the old style net set up (opensuse 10.0) for network configuration. That was the main reason I did this patch. > > So, could you respin this patch against the linux-next tree which has > Kay's patch in it? Or, if it's easier, I've attached the patch below. I can test your patch first, but to be honest I doubt it'll work on the 10.0 roots. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.