linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm -v3] x86 boot : export boot

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:12:29 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm -v3] x86 boot : export boot_params via sysfs

Greg KH wrote:
> 
> But it ignored the fact that I said I didn't want this binary file in
> sysfs :)
> 
> Please take Eric's suggestion and split it up into the different pieces.
> Some of the fields can be binary files, as they come directly from the
> firmware, but the others should be text.
> 

But PLEASE include the full structure as a ready-to-eat object.  PLEASE.

	-hpa
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