linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] docs: filesystems: sysfs: remove top level sysfs net directory

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Message-ID: <87a52r90u4.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:34:11 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Alex Tran <alex.t.tran@...il.com>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alex Tran
 <alex.t.tran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] docs: filesystems: sysfs: remove top level sysfs
 net directory

Alex Tran <alex.t.tran@...il.com> writes:

> The net/ directory is not present as a top level sysfs directory
> in standard Linux systems. Network interfaces can be accessible
> via /sys/class/net instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Tran <alex.t.tran@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
> index c32993bc83c7..c50da87f27fa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
> @@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ The top level sysfs directory looks like::
>      hypervisor/
>      kernel/
>      module/
> -    net/
>      power/

I have applied these three, thanks.

jon