Messages in this thread | | | From | Iñaky Pérez-González <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem. | Date | Tue, 26 May 2009 12:50:33 -0700 |
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On Monday 25 May 2009, GeunSik Lim wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to hear your opinions about this proposal for consistency of > mount directory to mount debugfs filesystem that need by ftrace > infrastructure. Um... I appended "RFC" word in the subject because this > mail is my proposal just. > > > commit 1766a83645706100b1829bb422f852ec757c6f4b > Author: GeunSik,Lim <leemgs1@gmail.com> > Date: Tue May 26 13:49:23 2009 +0900 > > Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem. > > Many developers use "/debug/" directory name to mount debugfs > filesystem for ftrace according to ./Documentation/tracers/ftrace.txt file. > > But, two directory names(ex:/debug/, /debugfs/) is existed in kernel > source like ftrace, DRM, Wireless, Network[sky2]files to mount debugfs > filesystem. I think that we don't have to select either "/debug/" directory > name or "/debugfs/" directory name for terminology consistency. > > debugfs means debug filesystem for debugging easy to use by greg > kroah hartman. "/debug/" name is suitable as directory name of debugfs for > tracing using ftrace like "/sys/" of sysfs(system filesystem). -debugfs > related reference: http://lwn.net/Articles/115405/ > > Fix inconsistency of directory name according to duplicated > expression to mount debugfs. > > Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com>
For the WiMAX part, not really an issue:
Acked-By: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
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