Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750734AbVJARq5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:46:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750728AbVJARq5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:46:57 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:46787 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750723AbVJARq4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:46:56 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:46:09 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Andrew Patterson , Luben Tuikov , "Salyzyn, Mark" , dougg@torque.net, Linus Torvalds , Luben Tuikov , SCSI Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: I request inclusion of SAS Transport Layer and AIC-94xx into the kernel Message-ID: <20051001174609.GA13084@kroah.com> References: <547AF3BD0F3F0B4CBDC379BAC7E4189F01A9FA11@otce2k03.adaptec.com> <1128105594.10079.109.camel@bluto.andrew> <433D9035.6000504@adaptec.com> <1128111290.10079.147.camel@bluto.andrew> <20050930202234.GA2571@parisc-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050930202234.GA2571@parisc-linux.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 739 Lines: 18 On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 02:22:34PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > There's precedent for binary data in sysfs -- pci config space is one. binary data in sysfs is for stuff that is just a "pass through" for the kernel. Copying the pci config space, in raw form from the device to userspace is one such example. Firmware blobs is another one. Binary data in sysfs is _not_ for exporting kernel structures or other data that the kernel "understands" and manipulates. Hope this helps, greg k-h - 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/