linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 12/23] netpoll: Introduce netpoll

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Message-ID: <AANLkTingq8R8bc-4fwhBQomdhTgff+fN_vE-pc5zofKX@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:34:24 -0800
From:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
To:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	simon.kagstrom@...insight.net, davem@...emloft.net,
	nhorman@...driver.com, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	adurbin@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	chavey@...gle.com, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/23] netpoll: Introduce netpoll_target configs

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 11:30:24AM +0800, Américo Wang wrote:
>>
> ....
>>
>>So, either we need to de-modulize configfs or replace configfs API
>>with sysfs API. Personally, I prefer the former one, I don't think
>>configfs should be a module as long as it can provide API's
>>for other subsystems, like debugfs.
>>
>
> To clarify, I meant "as long as the API it provides can be used by
> other core subsystems".
>

Ya, I see the problem with it being a tristate.

Why not just make netconsole support being compiled in force configfs
to be compiled in?  Or does that just set bad precedent?
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