From: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
To: Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: remove /proc/device-tree
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:24:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACTFLAMXHA58bu_c0hRQuZ=nru63hLaixNXaiU-Xa60WD5d=ew@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5149D38E.9030202@gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/20/2013 09:51 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
>> The same data is now available in sysfs, so we can remove the code
>> that exports it in /proc and replace it with a symlink to the sysfs
>> version.
>>
>> Tested on versatile qemu model and mpc5200 eval board. More testing
>> would be appreciated.
>
> I would suggest testing with lshw in particular. That's the only
> /proc/device-tree user I've come across.
kexec is another one. Not to mention various vendor scripts that aren't
necessarily public.
Don't such things also fall under the "we do not break userspace
compatibility - ever" rule?
Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-20 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-20 14:51 [PATCH 0/2] of: Create sysfs view of device tree nodes Grant Likely
2013-03-20 14:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] of: Make device nodes kobjects so they show up in sysfs Grant Likely
2013-03-20 14:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-20 16:56 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-03-20 17:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-20 21:28 ` Grant Likely
2013-03-20 14:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] of: remove /proc/device-tree Grant Likely
2013-03-20 14:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-20 21:38 ` Grant Likely
2013-03-21 4:19 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-21 7:35 ` Grant Likely
2013-03-21 7:43 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-21 8:16 ` Grant Likely
2013-03-21 12:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-21 12:42 ` Grant Likely
2013-11-16 20:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-03-20 15:19 ` Rob Herring
2013-03-20 16:24 ` Daniel Mack [this message]
2013-03-20 16:40 ` Grant Likely
2013-03-21 4:03 ` Rob Landley
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