On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 03:59:02PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > >>>> It’s the same reason that the device tree core is using it. > >>> > >>> It is doing that for "raw" device tree files, not individual attributes, > >>> right? > >>> > >> > >> Each property of a device tree is a binary attribute. > > > > Because they export binary data, right? I don't have access to a > > machine that uses device tree at the moment to check this... > > > > Any specific file/function you are referring to? > > > > Yes, they export binary data. It works because the device tree nodes > are raw kobjs.
Great, then the device tree is doing this correctly :) For text files, use real attribute files, that's the proper way to handle sysfs from kobjects. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
