linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: fix SYSFS_DEPRECATED

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Message-Id: <20091203083143.3a4619a4.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:31:43 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	kay.sievers@...y.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: fix SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 prompt

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:03:41 +0100 Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> >  config SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
> > -	bool "remove sysfs features which may confuse old userspace tools"
> > +	bool "enable deprecated sysfs features which may confuse old userspace tools"
> Is this better?  SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 enables deprecated sysfs features,
> but this is done to *not* confuse old userspace tools, isn't it?


Hm, agreed that it is still a bit ambiguous.
Feel free to send (another) patch.

thanks,
---
~Randy
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