Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422785AbWJPXIM (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:08:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422859AbWJPXIM (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:08:12 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:6869 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422785AbWJPXIK (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:08:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:07:29 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Chandra Seetharaman Cc: Matt Helsley , Linux Kernel , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , CKRM-Tech Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in configfs Message-ID: <20061016230729.GM2747@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> Mail-Followup-To: Chandra Seetharaman , Matt Helsley , Linux Kernel , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , CKRM-Tech References: <6599ad830610101431j33a5dc55h6878d5bc6db91e85@mail.gmail.com> <20061010215808.GK7911@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <1160527799.1674.91.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061011012851.GR7911@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <20061011220619.GB7911@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <1160619516.18766.209.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061012070826.GO7911@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <1160782659.18766.549.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20061014000951.GC2747@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <1161027221.6389.135.camel@linuxchandra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1161027221.6389.135.camel@linuxchandra> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. X-Red-Smith: Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 992 Lines: 30 On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:33:41PM -0700, Chandra Seetharaman wrote: > >From what I see, sysfs also has the PAGESIZE limitation. If that _is_ > the case, then moving to sysfs does not help us any. Correct me if I am > wrong. > > Won't we have the same arguments that we have now ? If you use a 'struct attribute' in sysfs, sure, you have the same limit. The difference is that sysfs allows you to install your own files. So you could create a seq_file of your own and insert it into your sysfs directory. Joel -- "I think it would be a good idea." - Mahatma Ghandi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127 - 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/