netdev - RE: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:37:46 +0000
From:	Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@...gic.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>,
	Shahed Shaikh <shahed.shaikh@...gic.com>,
	Jitendra Kalsaria <jitendra.kalsaria@...gic.com>,
	Dept-Eng Linux Driver <Linux-Driver@...gic.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 5:30 PM
> To: Rajesh Borundia; Shahed Shaikh; Jitendra Kalsaria; Sony Chacko; Dept-Eng
> Linux Driver
> Cc: netdev; linux-kernel
> Subject: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse
> 
> I was doing a kernel-wide audit on all of the binary sysfs files, and noticed a
> metric ton of them in the qlcnic driver.
> 
> So, any objection to me just deleting these entirely?  Or, if they really are
> needed, can I just move them to debugfs, which is where I think they should
> have been from the beginning?

Some applications are using these files, please move them to debugfs.

Thanks,
Sony


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