Re: /sys/block vs. /sys/class/block

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt (benh_at_kernel.crashing.org)
Date: 12/21/04

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    To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:07:50 +0100

    On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:49 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
    > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 08:08:52AM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
    > > I'm trying to understand why we have /sys/block instead
    > > of /sys/class/block, and so far, I haven't found a single good argument
    > > justifying it... It just messes up the so far logical layout of sysfs
    > > for no apparent reason.
    >
    > Because /sys/block happened before /sys/class did. Al Viro converted
    > the block layer before I got the struct class stuff working properly
    > during 2.5.
    >
    > And yes, I would like to convert the block layer to use the class stuff,
    > but for right now, I can't as class devices don't allow
    > sub-classes-devices, and getting to that work is _way_ down on my list
    > of things to do.

    but can't we at least artificially move it down to /sys/class anyway for
    the sake of a sane userland API ?

    Ben.

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