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Date:   Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:27:26 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
Cc:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@...el.com>,
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        "Mehta, Sohil" <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Add current_batch sysfs
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On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 09:55:00AM -0800, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
> Then we were told not to specify a filename via sysfs file (apologies
> for being repetitive)

Yeah, I'm unclear on why that is either and am hoping that Greg will
clarify. He fears that there will be file path resolution which I'm not
even thinking about.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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