linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] x86 boot : export boot

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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:40:12 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] x86 boot : export boot_params via sysfs

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:49:09 +0000 "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:

> This patch export the boot parameters via sysfs. This can be used for
> debugging and kexec.
> 
> The files added are as follow:
> 
> /sys/kernel/boot_params/data	: binary file for struct boot_params
> /sys/kernel/boot_params/version	: boot protocol version

Your patch uses kobject_create_and_register() which was added in Greg's
driver tree as of 2.6.24-rc4-mm1.

However for some reason kobject_create_and_register() has magically vanished
from Greg's current driver tree so I cannot carry this patch, sorry.

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