On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 11:30:06AM -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote: > Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:36:17AM -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote: > >> "Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > Ed L Cashin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> +++ b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt 2005-04-20 11:42:20.000000000 > >> >> -0400 > >> > > >> >> + When the aoe driver is a module, use > >> > > >> > Is there any reason for this inconsistent behaviour? > >> > >> Yes, the /sys/module/aoe area is only present when the aoe driver is a > >> module. > > > > Not true, have you looked in /sys/module lately? :) > > > >> It would be nicer if there were a sysfs area where I could > >> put this file regardless of whether the driver is a module or built > >> into the kernel. > > > > That's the place for it. It will be there if the driver is built as a > > module or into the kernel. > > Wow! Well, that's very convenient for driver writers, so I'm pleased, > and I can update the docs. It surprises me, though, to find out that > /sys/module is for things other than modules.
It's not for things other than modules, it's filling a real need that you yourself just pointed out. Namely, we need to be able to have access to module paramaters in a consistant place, no matter if the driver is built into the kernel or not. Man, you try to be nice to people... :) thanks, greg k-h - 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/
