linux-kernel - Re: [Scst-devel] [PATCH 8/19]: SCST SYSFS interface implementation

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Message-ID: <8985DEAF-4227-4629-B90A-938D2BA3534E@etechsoft.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:59:33 -0500
From:	Richard Williams <richard@...chsoft.com>
To:	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
CC:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@...b.net>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	scst-devel <scst-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Andy Yan <ayan@...vell.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Vu Pham <vuhuong@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [Scst-devel] [PATCH 8/19]: SCST SYSFS interface implementation

I'm just an outsider - but maybe my perspective has value - it seems there are two sides to this debate:

1) sysfs is great for scst due to certain stability concerns and code concerns
2) sysfs is bad for scst due to the intended role of sysfs and its namespace

Maybe I misunderstand -
But if both sides have merit then wouldn't a compromise be appropriate?

Maybe the sensical compromise is to use sysfs code to create a new namespace that would fit this purpose?  It seems that I am also hearing that the alternatives to sysfs aren't always adequate - so why not use sysfs, but have a place where it's appropriate to use it?  

Apologies in advance if I'm just way off base here... 

- Richard Williams--
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