From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261164AbULWGjs (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:39:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261165AbULWGjr (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:39:47 -0500 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:12223 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261164AbULWGjm (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:39:42 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:39:38 +0100 From: David Weinehall To: Greg KH Cc: Stephen Rothwell , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mochel@digitalimplant.org, axboe@suse.de Subject: Re: /sys/block vs. /sys/class/block Message-ID: <20041223063938.GA27718@khan.acc.umu.se> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , Stephen Rothwell , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mochel@digitalimplant.org, axboe@suse.de References: <1103526532.5320.33.camel@gaston> <20041220224950.GA21317@kroah.com> <1103612870.21771.22.camel@gaston> <20041222153449.46da0671.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20041222062057.GC31513@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041222062057.GC31513@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Editor: Vi Improved X-Accept-Language: Swedish, English X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7ACE 0FB0 7A74 F994 9B36 E1D1 D14E 8526 DC47 CA16 X-GPG-Key: http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/files/pubkey_dc47ca16.gpg.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:20:57PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: [snip] > It is gross. Indeed. > But I guess I should ask, who really cares about this, so late in the > sysfs structure game? Is /sys/block/ really a big problem for anyone? > And if it is, I'd much rather someone make the required driver core > changes to fix this up properly, than just put a symlink to paper over > some userspace issue. Maybe because *for once* it'd be nice to actually have inconsistencies gotten rid of in their relative infancy instead of waiting 10 years and then having to explain them as existing only for hysterical raisins... [snip] Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/