linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation/ABI: mark /sys/kernel/fadump

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Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 14:24:02 +0530
From:   Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:     corbet@....net, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation/ABI: mark /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs
 files deprecated



On 10/21/19 1:11 PM, Hari Bathini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 18/10/19 6:35 PM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> The /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs files are replicated under
> 
> [...]
> 
>> +Note: The following FADump sysfs files are deprecated.
>> +
>> +    Deprecated                       Alternative
>> +    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> +    /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled           /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_enabled
>> +    /sys/kernel/fadump_registered        /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_registered
>> +    /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem       /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_mem
> 
> /sys/kernel/fadump/* looks tidy instead of /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_* 
> I mean, /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_enabled => /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled and such..



Could you please confirm whether you want to address the sysfs file path differently or
actually changing the sysfs file name from fadump_enabled to enabled.

- Sourabh Jain