Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Also, some companies already provide userspace tools to get all of this > information about the different slots in a system and what is where, > from userspace, no kernel changes are needed. So, why add all this > extra complexity to the kernel if it is not needed?
It's not only complexity. Each new sysfs entry costs memory. Memory is not free. There should be always a good reason for those. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/