Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:28:42 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: sysfs ugly timer interface (was Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far) |
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:54:03AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > root@MAIN:/home/maxim# cat /sys/devices/system/clockevents/clockevents0/registered > > lapic F:0007 M:3(periodic) C: 1 > > hpet F:0003 M:1(shutdown) C: 0 > > lapic F:0007 M:3(periodic) C: 0 > > root@MAIN:/home/maxim# > > Now... this file needs to die, before 2.6.21 is released. It tries to > bring /proc-like parsing nightmare to sysfs. Kill it before it becomes > part of stable ABI!
Eeek!
I agree, that needs to be fixed now.
Remember, 1 value per file in sysfs! Shall I just submit a patch ripping it out for now?
thanks,
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