Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:56:30 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout v2 |
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On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 07:39:10PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:27:37 +0200 > Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 16:54, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote: > > > From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> > > > > > > I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old udev > > > versions, and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for > > > them. > > > > It's not udev, it's other tools making wrong assumptions like that > > directories can not be a symlink to a directory, or that a device is > > always the same parent device. It's also not udev which fails on newer > > installations, it's the lack of information in the non-extensible > > deprecated layout which makes all sorts of tools fail. So please > > work-off the text from the old help text instead of blaming the wrong > > things here. :) > > Ok. I can either send out a new patch or Greg can change the description > of v2 to dish out the blame in a Kay approved matter when he merges it. > What you guys prefer.
I'll edit the help text when I apply it later on today. Off to catch a 12 hour plane ride...
thanks,
greg k-h
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