linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] 2.6.18-mm2 pktcdvd: make procfs interface optional

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Message-ID: <m3sli6e62t.fsf@telia.com>
Date:	02 Oct 2006 23:55:06 +0200
From:	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
To:	balagi@...tmail.de
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] 2.6.18-mm2 pktcdvd: make procfs interface optional

"Thomas Maier" <balagi@...tmail.de> writes:

> this patch 2/4 for pktcdvd against Linux 2.6.18 (stable)
> or 2.6.18-mm2 makes the procfs interface optional. A new kernel
> config parameter is added: CDROM_PKTCDVD_PROCINTF
> (Of course, you can not use pktcdvd if there is no procfs
> interface. Wait for patch 4/4 that adds the sysfs interface ;)

This comment indicates that the patch ordering is wrong. It doesn't
make much sense to turn off the procfs interface when doing so makes
the driver totally unusable.

-- 
Peter Osterlund - petero2@...ia.com
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
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