linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: new Intel Atom SoC power management controller driver

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Message-ID: <5318A2BE.2070707@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2014 08:30:54 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"alan@...ux.intel.com" <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: new Intel Atom SoC power management controller driver

On 03/05/2014 09:58 PM, Li, Aubrey wrote:
>>
>> What we absolutely don't want to happen is someone starting to use these
>> unstable interfaces for something other than debugging.  If debugfs ever
>> needs to be mounted in a system for full functionality, that is a bug.
> 
> Understood. But we don't have a plan to use it now. Just for observation
> and diagnosis purpose only.
> 
> Are you suggesting we should put them into sysfs now?
> 

No, I'm just trying to understand if there is a risk.

	-hpa


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