On Dienstag, 27. März 2018 17:43:08 CEST Linus Lüssing wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:56:28PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> > >> I strongly believe it is a huge mistake to use sysfs for things like
> > >> this. This should be done via generic netlink api.
> > >
> > >This doesn't change the problem that it is already that way. This patch
> > >only adds the list of available files to the README.
> > 
> > Sure. Just found out you did it like that. Therefore I commented. I
> > suggest to rework the api to use genl entirely.
> 
> Hi Jiri,
> 
> Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
> 
> Could you explain a bit more on which disadvantages you see in
> the usage of sysfs here?

Linus is asking because of following patch: 
https://patchwork.open-mesh.org/patch/17340/

Kind regards,
	Sven