Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [RFC] sysfs support for xen linux

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11 Jan 2006, at 16:05, Mark Williamson wrote:

> My impression is was that sysfs files are mostly meant to be very 
> simple
> get/set attributes and not have magic properties like the privcmd file 
> - do
> any other sysfs files even support ioctls().
>
> Also, for things like privcmd() which are used to perform operations, 
> isn't it
> cleanest to make them a character device than a proc file?
Probably true, but then it's a pain either needing to create device 
files in /dev, or interface with the devfs/udev du jour. I suppose we 
already have that issue with /dev/xen/evtchn though, and creating the 
device node can be hidden in libxc.
 -- Keir


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