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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:13:28 +0100 From: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu> To: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> Cc: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: bonding sysfs output Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> writes: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:29:40 +0100, Wagner Ferenc wrote: > >> On the policy side: some files are not applicable to some types of >> bonds, and return a single linefeed in that case. Except for one >> single case, which returns 'NA\n'. The patch changes these cases into >> emtpy files. > > IMHO a better approach would be to not create the files at all when > they make no sense for a given type of bond. That would require much more in-depth changes in the sysfs code, I'm afraid. But see also the 5th patch in the series, which reponds to Jay's suggestion. And as such, goes in the opposite direction. -- Thanks, Feri. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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