Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHES] Re: Is configfs the right solution for
	configuration based fs?
From: Ben Nizette <bn@niasdigital.com>
To: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:03:49 +1000
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On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 14:37 -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 07:22:56PM +1000, Ben Nizette wrote:
> > A version of my gpio-dev interface is attached.  Bear in mind it was
> > never completed, it's full of known bugs but hey, might be useful for
> > you anyway :-)
> 
> 	Looks good.  Fits about what I would expect a configfs interface
> to look like, with simple show/store stuff.  I can see where some macros
> would have shortened some bolierplate.
> 	Was there any other boilerplate you found cumbersome?  I mean
> outside of defining attribute structs and the show/store_attr()
> trampoline functions?  Let me know, so I can incorporate it.
> 

You know, I think you've about covered the boilerplate work.  Apart from
that, well it took me a millisecond to work out what the point of
config_{group,item}s was; I went in kinda expecting to see one struct
for directories and one for attributes.  In fact I still not sure I can
explain the need for config_items separate from config_groups.  Little
help?  :-)

	--Ben.

> Joel
>