Hi!
> > > If we are going back to needing helper scripts then I should just
> > > remove the entire sysfs graphics interface and switch back to using
> > > ioctls and a helper app. Of could no one can ever find the helper app
> > > or remember how it works. I thought one of the main reasons behind the
> > > sysfs interface was to eliminate these helper apps.
> >
> > The point is that you _can_ do it with echo, not that it is _easy_.
> > Nor is sysfs a solution in any case.
> >
> > > Without doing whitespace cleanup there is a 100% probability that this
> > > will generate bug reports. I know this for a fact because I am already
> > > getting them.
> >
> > Stupid users are not a reason for kernel bloat.
>
> You have a very wrapped sense of kernel bloat. This is nine lines of
> code whose absence is guaranteed to generate a bunch of bug reports.
> Not having it is also causing various implementers to implement
> attribute processing differently. Some are stripping white space in
> their implementations and some are not. If you want to attack kernel
Can you point place where we do strip whitespace in kernel sysfs handlers?
Pavel
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