From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754293AbZG0Wtd (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:49:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753175AbZG0Wtd (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:49:33 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:59443 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752697AbZG0Wtc (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:49:32 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: +/Mvfj+WfAsmxqGXLRt001Q4drpUCKXLO6TIST0xFJzK 1248734966 Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:49:30 -0300 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh To: Greg KH Cc: Randy Dunlap , lkml , Lucian Adrian Grijincu Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional Message-ID: <20090727224930.GB6932@khazad-dum.debian.net> References: <20090727090642.0e495919.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20090727161031.GA15328@suse.de> <20090727091824.38d55ea1.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20090727162601.GA3632@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090727162601.GA3632@suse.de> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1024D/1CDB0FE3 5422 5C61 F6B7 06FB 7E04 3738 EE25 DE3F 1CDB 0FE3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:18:24AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:10:33 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:06:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always > > > > compiled in the kernel. > > > > > > But it should be :) > > > > Well, you have the option of making it non-optional. > > > > > Seriously, who turns sysfs off these days, does anyone? If so, why? > > > > Why is it configurable then? > > Probably the same reason /proc is configurable. No one ever turns it > off, but hey, it's possible :) But does anyone ever test if the system doesn't go to lunch when you do that? -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh