From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161148AbWALTCt (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:02:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161159AbWALTCt (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:02:49 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:41126 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161148AbWALTCs (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:02:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:01:24 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Machek Cc: "Mike D. Day" , lkml , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] sysfs support for Xen attributes Message-ID: <20060112190124.GB12773@kroah.com> References: <43C53DA0.60704@us.ibm.com> <20060111233118.GA1534@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060111233118.GA1534@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:31:18AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > The comments desired are (1) do the helper routines in xen_sysfs > > duplicate code already present in linux (or under development somewhere > > else). (2) Is it appropriate for a process to create sysfs attributes > > without implementing a driver subsystem > > Not sure, maybe proc is really better. NO! {sigh} Please remember, proc is ONLY FOR PROCESS RELATED THINGS. Do not add non-process related things to proc anymore please... thanks, greg k-h