linux-kernel - Re: Generic battery interface

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:00:59 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>
Cc:	Shem Multinymous <multinymous@...il.com>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-thinkpad@...ux-thinkpad.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: Generic battery interface

On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:42:25PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:51:45PM +0300, Shem Multinymous wrote:
> > Given the current usage pattern of sysfs, is it still a bad idea for
> > it to carry device inodes?
>  
> That remains an open question.

No, that's a closed question.  It simply will not happen.  Linus vetoed
this years ago, for lots of different reasons that I can't recall at the
moment (namespaces, permissions, groups, and other things from what I
remember.)

Search the lkml archives if you are really curious...

thanks,

greg k-h
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