linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout v2

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Date:	Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:27:37 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and
 modern sysfs layout v2

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 16:54, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
>
> I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old udev versions,
> and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for them.

It's not udev, it's other tools making wrong assumptions like that
directories can not be a symlink to a directory, or that a device is
always the same parent device. It's also not udev which fails on newer
installations, it's the lack of information in the non-extensible
deprecated layout which makes all sorts of tools fail. So please
work-off the text from the old help text instead of blaming the wrong
things here. :)

Kay
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