From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/12] l2tp: Add ppp device name to L2TP ppp session data Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:04:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100401.020402.148444988.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4BB4490F.8090406@katalix.com> <20100401.003459.88028238.davem@davemloft.net> <4BB46084.5030105@katalix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@vyatta.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: jchapman@katalix.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:58381 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754281Ab0DAJEB (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2010 05:04:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4BB46084.5030105@katalix.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: James Chapman Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:59:48 +0100 > The original /proc API was originally intended for debug, but users > have been using it in hacky scripts instead of using proper socket > interfaces to get the data they need. So I'm proposing to retain the > existing proc file for compatibility but put other (new) > driver-private debug info into debugfs. Fair enough.