Re: [PATCH 0/8] v2 De-Couple sysfs memory directories from memory sections

Avi Kivity
2010-09-29T08:32:57Z

On 09/29/2010 04:50 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > Because the old ABI creates 129,000+ entries inside
> > /sys/devices/system/memory with their associated links from
> > /sys/devices/system/node/node*/ back to those directory entries.
> >
> > Thankfully things like rpm, hald, and other miscellaneous commands scan
> > that information.
>
> Really? Why? Why would rpm care about this? hald is dead now so we
> don't need to worry about that anymore,

That's not what compatiblity means. We can't just support
latest-and-greatest userspace on latest-and-greatest kernels.

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