Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:33:10 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: patch [0/2]: acpi: add generic removable drive bay support |
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:21:23PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:58:42 +0100 > Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 04:13:05PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > > > > Firstly, thanks for this - I wrote some related code a while ago. A > > couple of questions... > > > > > can then be used by udev to unmount or rescan depending on the event. It will > > > create a proc entry under /proc/acpi/bay for "eject" and for "status". Writing > > > > Do we really want it under /proc? It would seem to make more sense for > > it to be under /sys. > > I agree - this is under proc because this is an acpi driver, and the acpi > subsystem is still using the /proc fs for driver/user space interface. I > thought I would just conform to their standard.
It's my understanding from talking with Len that he'd like to see /proc/acpi/ go away over time, so adding more to it seems to be at odds with that goal.
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