Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751213AbWIHU0K (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:26:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751212AbWIHU0K (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:26:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:35289 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751209AbWIHU0I (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:26:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:33:10 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Kristen Carlson Accardi Cc: Matthew Garrett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, len.brown@intel.com Subject: Re: patch [0/2]: acpi: add generic removable drive bay support Message-ID: <20060908203310.GM28592@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Kristen Carlson Accardi , Matthew Garrett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, len.brown@intel.com References: <20060907161305.67804d14.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> <20060908195842.GA17220@srcf.ucam.org> <20060908132123.16137ea3.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060908132123.16137ea3.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1252 Lines: 28 On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:21:23PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:58:42 +0100 > Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 04:13:05PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > > > > Firstly, thanks for this - I wrote some related code a while ago. A > > couple of questions... > > > > > can then be used by udev to unmount or rescan depending on the event. It will > > > create a proc entry under /proc/acpi/bay for "eject" and for "status". Writing > > > > Do we really want it under /proc? It would seem to make more sense for > > it to be under /sys. > > I agree - this is under proc because this is an acpi driver, and the acpi > subsystem is still using the /proc fs for driver/user space interface. I > thought I would just conform to their standard. It's my understanding from talking with Len that he'd like to see /proc/acpi/ go away over time, so adding more to it seems to be at odds with that goal. Dave - 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/