Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:00:22 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] debugfs - yet another in-kernel file system |
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>> I have to admit that adding another filesystem that is very like procfs or >> sysfs make some kind of redundancy. > >Why? The main issue is the discussion usually goes like this: > >Me: Hey, the /proc/driver/foo/foo_value really shouldn't be in proc. >Developer: Ok, but it has a lot of really good debug stuff in it. Can >I put it in sysfs? >Me: No, sysfs is for one-value-per-file whenever possible. It needs to >go somewhere else. >Developer: Well, if you don't have anywhere else to put it, why are you >even bringing this up at all. Go away and leave me alone.
So how about adding seqfiles (or multi-value-per-file things) to sysfs?
>As for "another filesystem", it's tiny due to using libfs, and it will >compile away into nothing if not selected (so in the end, provides the >ability to make the final kernel image smaller.)
Ah that's good news.
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