Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932913Ab3CUHfd (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:35:33 -0400 Received: from mail-ia0-f173.google.com ([209.85.210.173]:57458 "EHLO mail-ia0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757329Ab3CUHfc (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:35:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1363839594.17680.19.camel@pasglop> References: <1363791074-16415-1-git-send-email-grant.likely@secretlab.ca> <1363791074-16415-3-git-send-email-grant.likely@secretlab.ca> <1363791479.12701.9.camel@pasglop> <1363839594.17680.19.camel@pasglop> From: Grant Likely Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:35:11 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7-pu8pAxogDMfL_Ggzz03hP5FmU Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: remove /proc/device-tree To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , devicetree-discuss , Rob Herring , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "David S. Miller" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 916 Lines: 23 On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:19 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 21:38 +0000, Grant Likely wrote: >> > NAK. It should at the very least be a CONFIG option for a while >> before >> > completely switching over. >> >> I'll modify patch 1 to create the symlink if CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE is >> not set. After the first patch can be applied we can leave it for a >> release or two before applying the second. > > Shouldn't we have the symlink just be a config option itself ? > Eventually distros might want get rid of it completely .. Why? It is the cheapest thing in the world and it means the ABI doesn't change at all. g. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/