Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 07:19:27PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> Would you accept a patch which causes the deprecated sysfs
> files/directories to disappear, even if CONFIG_SYS_DEPRECATED is
> defined, via a boot-time parameter?

How about a mount option?  That way people can test without a reboot:

mount -o remount,deprecated={yes,no} /sys

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