On Thu 2007-07-05 20:43:44, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 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?
Well.. it is sysctl... so we already have separate interface,
sysctl(). Yes, sysctl will probably move to /sys one day, but that is
probably bigger project than just suspend.
Pavel
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