Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751101AbWCJNvR (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:51:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751103AbWCJNvR (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:51:17 -0500 Received: from mx.pathscale.com ([64.160.42.68]:45767 "EHLO mx.pathscale.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751101AbWCJNvQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:51:16 -0500 Subject: Re: Revenge of the sysfs maintainer! (was Re: [PATCH 8 of 20] ipath - sysfs support for core driver) From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Greg KH , Roland Dreier , rolandd@cisco.com, akpm@osdl.org, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, openib-general@openib.org In-Reply-To: <1141977431.2876.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <1141947143.10693.40.camel@serpentine.pathscale.com> <20060310003513.GA17050@suse.de> <1141951589.10693.84.camel@serpentine.pathscale.com> <20060310010050.GA9945@suse.de> <1141966693.14517.20.camel@camp4.serpentine.com> <1141977431.2876.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:51:41 -0800 Message-Id: <1141998702.28926.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.90 (2.5.90-2.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1590 Lines: 42 On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 08:57 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 20:58 -0800, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 17:00 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > They are in the latest -mm tree if you wish to use them. Unfortunatly > > > it might look like they will not work out, due to the per-cpu relay > > > files not working properly with Paul's patches at the moment. > > > > Hmm, OK. > > > > > What's wrong with debugfs? > > > > It's not configured into the kernels of either of the distros I use (Red > > Hat or SUSE). I can't have a required part of my driver depend on a > > feature that's not enabled in the major distro kernels. > > sucks to be you, however I think it's equally or even more unacceptable > to cripple the main kernel because you want to also support antique > kernels (those more than 12 months old). What antique kernels? It's not enabled in the latest SLES beta (2.6.16-git6 or so), or in Fedora rawhide (also 2.6.16-git). They mightn't be exactly today's kernels, but they're no more than two or three weeks old. CONFIG_DEBUG_FS has been in the kernel for a long time, and it's still not being picked up. > The general rule is "if you > want to support that, do it outside the kernel.org tree". Which "that" are you referring to? - 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/