Re: [PATCH 2.6.8.1 0/2] leds: new class for led devices

[John Lenz]

On 09/04/04 16:41:11, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > What next?  One sysfs node plus attributes per GPIO line?  How about
> > we do one sysfs node per virtual memory bit so people can control
> > anything in their system on a bit granularity without needing mmap
> > or any other interfaces?  When does this madness stop?
>
> GPIO lines are obviously system specific, I guess they could go to
> /proc or be controlled via ioctl()... But that was attempt at
> universal LED interface, right?

Yep.  As well, the GPIO interface proposed by Robert Schwebel should be  
kept seperate... I don't see a reason or anything useful from unifying  
them.

John



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