Re: new sysfs layout and ethernet device names

[Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>]

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com) said: 
> > If interfaces have to change, so be it. But changing the rules for
> > using them years after it's implemented and then claiming "you didn't
> > read the instructions" is pretty lame.
> 
> That documentation has been in the kernel tree for almost a full year:

It has a date on it. I'm not blind. That doesn't change the fact that
that documentation:

> 	Date:   Thu Apr 27 14:10:12 2006 -0700

postdates the interface it's describing by at *least* two years. Which
was the point of my mail that you conveniently ignored - retroactively
deciding which parts of the interface you export to userspace shouldn't be
used falls way short of best practices.

> Anyway, yes, older code should still "just work" if you enable the
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED config option in the kernel, that is what it is
> there for.

It appears to... the point was that (as far as the code is concerned)
it's a silent break. Of course, code that expects the 'current' layout
will then break when this new change is made, unless you add
CONFIG_SYSFS_SLIGHTLY_LESS_DEPRECATED?

Bill