linux-kernel - sysfs ugly timer interface (was Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far)

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Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:54:03 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Maxim <maximlevitsky@...il.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: sysfs ugly timer interface (was Re: [BUG] 2.6.21-rc1,2,3 regressions on my system that I found so far)

Hi!

> root@...N:/home/maxim# cat /sys/devices/system/clockevents/clockevents0/registered
> lapic                F:0007 M:3(periodic) C: 1
> hpet                 F:0003 M:1(shutdown) C: 0
> lapic                F:0007 M:3(periodic) C: 0
> root@...N:/home/maxim#   

Now... this file needs to die, before 2.6.21 is released. It tries to
bring /proc-like parsing nightmare to sysfs. Kill it before it becomes
part of stable ABI!
							Pavel

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