linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout II

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Message-ID: <20100908161141.194e6785@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:11:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	axboe@...nel.dk, tiwai@...e.de,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and
 modern sysfs layout II

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:02:35 +0200
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:55:30 -0700
> Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> 
> > But, Kay and I just changed the logic in the kernel in this area,
> > getting rid of the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option entirely, to
> > try to make the code path smaller, only offering the "old" mode for
> > block devices, to keep kernels booting on userspace instances like
> > what you have.
> 
> That will likely break my user space, it relies on the old style
> net set up (opensuse 10.0) for network configuration. 
> That was the main reason I did this patch.

... Just tested it. Never mind, it looks the old style network
configuration seems to work still with this patch and my 
earlier pessimistic assumptions were incorrect.

Don't see any misfunction so it looks like the new patch
is ok.

I'll respin my patch on top of this.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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