linux-kernel - Re: patch [0/2]: acpi: add generic removable drive bay support

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Message-ID: <20060908203310.GM28592@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:33:10 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: patch [0/2]: acpi: add generic removable drive bay support

On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:21:23PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
 > On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:58:42 +0100
 > Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
 > 
 > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 04:13:05PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
 > > 
 > > Firstly, thanks for this - I wrote some related code a while ago. A 
 > > couple of questions...
 > > 
 > > > can then be used by udev to unmount or rescan depending on the event.  It will
 > > > create a proc entry under /proc/acpi/bay for "eject" and for "status".  Writing 
 > > 
 > > Do we really want it under /proc? It would seem to make more sense for 
 > > it to be under /sys.
 > 
 > I agree - this is under proc because this is an acpi driver, and the acpi
 > subsystem is still using the /proc fs for driver/user space interface. I
 > thought I would just conform to their standard.

It's my understanding from talking with Len that he'd like to see /proc/acpi/
go away over time, so adding more to it seems to be at odds with that goal.
 
	Dave
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