Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932783AbWLaVdO (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:33:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932786AbWLaVdO (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:33:14 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:60916 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932783AbWLaVdN (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:33:13 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:30:37 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: David Miller cc: wmb@firmworks.com, devel@laptop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jg@laptop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Open Firmware device tree virtual filesystem In-Reply-To: <20061231.124531.125895122.davem@davemloft.net> Message-ID: References: <459714A6.4000406@firmworks.com> <20061231.124531.125895122.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1086 Lines: 34 On Dec 31 2006 12:45, David Miller wrote: >From: Jan Engelhardt > >> BUT, the eeprom utility may be used to modify values, and if used, I >> would like to see ofwfs show the updated value. openpromfs does it >> today: >> >> 15:09 ares:/proc/openprom/options # cat oem-banner? >> false >> 15:09 ares:/proc/openprom/options # eeprom 'oem-banner?=true' >> 15:09 ares:/proc/openprom/options # cat oem-banner? >> true >> >> (BTW, why does not openpromfs have it rw?) > >It used to be able to :-) > >When I changed sparc/sparc64 over to an in-memory copy of the >OFW tree, I wasn't able to retain writable property support >in openpromfs. It just needs to be implemented and I never >found the desire nor time. However, there is this one pseudofile "security-password" which _is_ writable, what about it? -`J' -- - 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/