Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 25 July 2006 01:42, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> Which packages actually use it, and why? >> What can it do that "echo $VALUE > /sys$DEVPATH/attribute" and similar >> commands cannot do? >> >> What is the point of having an abstraction layer for a published and >> already widely used API? >> >> I object to adding 160 KB to base unless it will be better explained >> why we need this. > > My main rationale is that its init script offers offers a fairly clean and > obvious way for users to set values in /sys at boot time. (Without the > need for them to hack a local init script.) > > IMO it is much easier to find functionality like this if it is already > present on the system than if you have to search for it. And it seems to > me basic enough that it warrants inclusion in base, especially as > equivalent functionality for /proc/sys already is.
I agree that we already have equivalent functionality for /proc values so makes sense to have it in too. -- O T A V I O S A L V A D O R --------------------------------------------- E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://www.freedom.ind.br/otavio --------------------------------------------- "Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]