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Message-ID: <20090727232144.GA29954@suse.de> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:21:45 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@...acom.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] documentation: make it clear that sysfs is optional On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 07:49:30PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:18:24AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:10:33 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:06:42AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > > The original text suggested that sysfs is mandatory and always > > > > > compiled in the kernel. > > > > > > > > But it should be :) > > > > > > Well, you have the option of making it non-optional. > > > > > > > Seriously, who turns sysfs off these days, does anyone? If so, why? > > > > > > Why is it configurable then? > > > > Probably the same reason /proc is configurable. No one ever turns it > > off, but hey, it's possible :) > > But does anyone ever test if the system doesn't go to lunch when you do > that? I have no idea, I doubt it... -- 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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