Re: sysfs file creation result nightmare (WAS radeonfb: Fix sysfs_create_bin_file warnings)

[Olivier Galibert]

On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 12:38:17PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:59:10 +1100
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Why would I prevent the framebuffer from initializing (and thus a
> > console to be displayed at all on many machines) just because for some
> > reason, I couldn't create a pair of EDID files in sysfs that are not
> > even very useful anymore ?
> 
> Because there's a bug in your kernel.  We don't hide and work around bugs.

Hmmm, I don't understand.  Which is the bug, having a sysfs file
creation fail or going on if it happens?

  OG.

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