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Message-ID: <20110804052239.GA12523@kroah.com> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:22:39 -0700 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Paul Clements <paul.clements@...sios.com> Cc: andrew morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] nbd: nbd sysfs framework On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 10:17:04PM -0400, Paul Clements wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 07:15:51PM -0400, Paul Clements wrote: > >> Description: The patch creates a new sysfs entry framework for nbd. > > > > Why? What does this buy us except an increase in code size for no added > > benifit? You seem to be stripping out the driver layer here and using > > "raw" kobjects, why? > > Not sure what I was thinking...just in a hurry, I think. > > Is the following a little better? I don't know, I still fail to understand _why_ this patch is needed. Why are you doing this? What is the goal? What is wrong with the existing code that it doesn't work for you? confused, greg k-h -- 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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