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

From: David Weinehall (tao_at_debian.org)
Date: 12/23/04

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    To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
    
    

    On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:20:57PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:

    [snip]

    > It is gross.

    Indeed.

    > But I guess I should ask, who really cares about this, so late in the
    > sysfs structure game? Is /sys/block/ really a big problem for anyone?
    > And if it is, I'd much rather someone make the required driver core
    > changes to fix this up properly, than just put a symlink to paper over
    > some userspace issue.

    Maybe because *for once* it'd be nice to actually have inconsistencies
    gotten rid of in their relative infancy instead of waiting 10 years
    and then having to explain them as existing only for hysterical
    raisins...

    [snip]

    Regards: David Weinehall

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