linux-kernel - Re: sysfs binary attribute API flux

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:10:56 -0400
From:	Jonathan McCune <jonmccune@....edu>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sysfs binary attribute API flux

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> No kernel api is stable, nor will it ever be, see
> Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt for details.  As your code is
> living outside of the main kernel.org tree, you will have to deal with
> this for any number of different function calls you make, sysfs is not
> unique at all here.

Thank you.  I think this puts the issue to rest for me.

> Why not just create a new syscall for your work?  That would be easier
> in the longrun, and really, that is what you are doing here.

I may do just that.

Thanks,
-Jon
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