Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965014AbXA2X67 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:58:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965015AbXA2X67 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:58:59 -0500 Received: from 81-174-11-161.f5.ngi.it ([81.174.11.161]:46821 "EHLO mail.enneenne.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965014AbXA2X66 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:58:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:59:02 +0100 From: Rodolfo Giometti To: Richard Purdie Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk Message-ID: <20070129235902.GB8882@enneenne.com> References: <20070129230755.GA8705@enneenne.com> <1170114826.5833.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1170114826.5833.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: GNU/Linux Device Drivers, Embedded Systems and Courses X-PGP-Key: gpg --keyserver keyserver.linux.it --recv-keys D25A5633 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.32.1 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: giometti@enneenne.com Subject: Re: Advice on APM-EMU reunion X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:12 +0100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.enneenne.com) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 945 Lines: 25 On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:53:46PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: > I'm not sure this is a good idea. As you're creating a new interface, > why not create something new/improved without the problems that > confining yourself to APM emulation brings? Because several applications (and expecially in embedded systems) use that interface. However adding a sysfs support I try to define a new (and most versatile) interface. Ciao, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: giometti@enneenne.com Linux Device Driver giometti@gnudd.com Embedded Systems giometti@linux.it UNIX programming phone: +39 349 2432127 - 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/