Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:07:56 +0100 |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > > Also, some companies already provide userspace tools to get all of this > information about the different slots in a system and what is where, > from userspace, no kernel changes are needed. So, why add all this > extra complexity to the kernel if it is not needed?
It's not only complexity. Each new sysfs entry costs memory. Memory is not free. There should be always a good reason for those.
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