Re: [RFC] iSeries virtual i/o sysfs files

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Jun 22 2004 - 07:41:24 EST


On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 10:34:49PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:31:03 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe you should just kick your collegues on the OS/400 side to provide
> > a better interface? After IBM is oh so Linux friendly they could maybe
> > fi up their legacy codebases to make the slightest bit of sense?
>
> Thank you for your constructive comment ...

This might sound harsh, but it's exactly what I mean. What the heck is
the problem with adding HvCall_EnumerateDeviceInStudlyCaps from the hypevisor?

I can't see why we should mess up all the kernel just because the vendor
can't fix up another piece of software.

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