Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:01:37 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] usbmon: add binary interface |
| |
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 04:51:09PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:44:43 +0000, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> wrote: > > > > > Does it mean text interface is now deprecated? Or perhaps ioctl should > > > be added to text interface too? Or maybe we do not need binary > > > interface if we allow resizing on text interface? > > > > I haven't reviewed Paolo's patch yet, but with that in mind: > > - No, text is not deprecated yet. That is only possible when a simplified > > command-line tool is written and distributed (e.g. usbmon(8)). > > - No, I do not think an ioctl in debugfs or a text API is a good idea. > > - Resizing on text interface magnifies sprintf contribution to CPU burn, > > so once we have the binary one, there's only disadvantage and > > no advantage in implementing that. > > Would relayfs be a better choice than debugfs for exporting potentially > large quantities of binary data?
You can put relayfs files in debugfs. Or at least that was the goal a long time ago, hopefully it still works...
thanks,
greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |