[ltp] Re: Generic battery interface

Greg KH linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:00:59 -0700


On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:42:25PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 03:51:45PM +0300, Shem Multinymous wrote:
> > Given the current usage pattern of sysfs, is it still a bad idea for
> > it to carry device inodes?
>  
> That remains an open question.

No, that's a closed question.  It simply will not happen.  Linus vetoed
this years ago, for lots of different reasons that I can't recall at the
moment (namespaces, permissions, groups, and other things from what I
remember.)

Search the lkml archives if you are really curious...

thanks,

greg k-h