linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: remove /proc/device-tree

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Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:43:56 +0100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devicetree-discuss <devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: remove /proc/device-tree

On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 07:35 +0000, Grant Likely wrote:
> > Shouldn't we have the symlink just be a config option itself ?
> > Eventually distros might want get rid of it completely ..
> 
> Why? It is the cheapest thing in the world and it means the ABI
> doesn't change at all.

It's also gross and forces sysfs to remain in /sys which isn't a kernel
enforced policy afaik.

Cheers,
Ben.


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