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

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Date:	Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:09:32 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	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, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 08:16 +0000, Grant Likely wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>> <benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
>> > 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.
>>
>> Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt, Line 30
>
> Whatever... it's still gross :-)

Even Android mounts it there ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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