On Thursday, 5 July 2007 01:25, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > > > > > Beep_flags should be removed too if you're sticking with /proc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fixed.
> > > >
> > > > Ta. But you didn't answer the question - why /proc and not sysfs?
> > >
> > > Do you seriously advocate setting two bits of one variable from /proc,
> > > and one more bit from /sys?
> >
> > That's partly why I had a separate variable - retaining proc only because it's
> > existing functionality, using sysfs for the new code. Remember, too, that
>
> /proc is not deprecated _that_ much, and notice that this is sysctl,
> not regular procfs code.
>
> Yes, I see why you did it that way, but I also think you overdisgned
> it a bit.
Hmm, what about adding a second interface to acpi_realmode_flags in sysfs, in
a separate patch, and scheduling the old one, in /proc, for removal?
Greetings,
Rafael
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