Re: [PATCH] Use proper seq_file api for /proc/scsi/scsi

From: Hannes Reinecke (hare_at_suse.de)
Date: 04/07/05

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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>

    Christoph Hellwig wrote:
    > On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:46:27AM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
    >>Hi all,
    >>
    >>/proc/scsi/scsi currently has a very dumb implementation of the seq_file
    >>api which causes 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' to return with -ENOMEM when a
    >>large amount of devices are connected.
    >
    > /proc/scsi/scsi is deprecated and even only compiled in if
    > "legacy /proc/scsi/ support" is enabled. Please move over to lssci which
    > is using sysfs ASAP.
    >
    Ah. And that's enough reason for it not to work properly?
    Deprecated as it may be, but one could at least expect it to _work_.

    Puzzled.

    Cheers,

    Hannes 

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