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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:34:51 -0700
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Cc: Doug Warzecha <Douglas_Warzecha@dell.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:23:37PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:

> Why can't you just implement the system management actions in the
> kernel driver?

Why put things in the kernel unless it's really needed?

I'm not thrillied about the lack of userspace support for this driver
but that still doesn't mean we need to shovel wads of crap into the
kernel.