Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:22:39 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] nbd: nbd sysfs framework |
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On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 10:17:04PM -0400, Paul Clements wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 07:15:51PM -0400, Paul Clements wrote: > >> Description: The patch creates a new sysfs entry framework for nbd. > > > > Why? What does this buy us except an increase in code size for no added > > benifit? You seem to be stripping out the driver layer here and using > > "raw" kobjects, why? > > Not sure what I was thinking...just in a hurry, I think. > > Is the following a little better?
I don't know, I still fail to understand _why_ this patch is needed.
Why are you doing this? What is the goal? What is wrong with the existing code that it doesn't work for you?
confused,
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