Re: [PATCH] SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated andmodern sysfs layout

[Andi Kleen]

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:55:30 -0700
Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> But, Kay and I just changed the logic in the kernel in this area,
> getting rid of the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option entirely, to try
> to make the code path smaller, only offering the "old" mode for block
> devices, to keep kernels booting on userspace instances like what you
> have.

That will likely break my user space, it relies on the old style
net set up (opensuse 10.0) for network configuration. 
That was the main reason I did this patch.


> 
> So, could you respin this patch against the linux-next tree which has
> Kay's patch in it?  Or, if it's easier, I've attached the patch below.

I can test your patch first, but to be honest I doubt it'll work on the
10.0 roots.

-Andi


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