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Message-ID: <20100531194849.GA5757@sgi.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:48:49 -0500 From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] x86, UV: BAU performance and error recovery On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 05:05:26PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 06:36:23PM -0500, Cliff Wickman wrote: > > /proc/sgi_uv/bau_tunables would be a read/write file to display and change > > nine threshold and delay values for tuning the BAU driver. > > > > I like debugfs, except that a distro may not build the kernel with it > > configured on. The tunables should be available as administrative > > options on a customer kernel, not just as a development tool. > > All distros have debugfs turned on now, and mounted, due to the perf > interface there, as well as a lot of other good debug information that > is present. > > So you don't have to worry about that. Good to hear. That makes the choice simple. > ... > > So please, just put it in debugfs. > > thanks, > > greg k-h Okay. I moved the file to debugfs, and will re-submit the patch momentarily. -Cliff -- Cliff Wickman SGI cpw@....com (651) 683-3824 -- 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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