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SubjectRe: /sys: Network device status: link; Hard disks?
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Nico Schottelius wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:16:30 +0200
> From: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
> To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Subject: /sys: Network device status: link; Hard disks?
>
> Hello everybody!
> Will /sys provide details about link status of network cards
> and can I also find out what devices are harddisks?
> Like having /sys/block/hda/type, which contains "cd-rom" or
> "harddisk" or similar.
> Or having something like /sys/class/net/eth0/link with 0/1 setting?
> I know some or all information can be retrieved somehow differnt
> (like using /proc), but shouldn't those be found in /sys?
> Just some question on how we can use /sys useful.
> Greetings,
> Nico
> PS: Please CC, I am not subscribed.
>

Hmm, sounds nice to me. I don't know if something like
/sys/class/net/eth0/link as you describe it would be accepted, but I've
been wanting to play with sysfs for a while and this sounds like a nice
and resonably simple little project, I will take a shot at trying to
implement that.


--
Jesper Juhl


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