Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charsettranslation

From: Bernhard Fischer
Date: Wed Jun 04 2008 - 15:43:03 EST


On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 11:51:54AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:

>There are diminishing returns here, and at some point it doesn't make
>sense to continue. I have a nagging feeling, though, that there
>are a few more things where the bloat is pronounced (glances at
>procfs and sysfs).

A decision on what to favour would certainly help: sysfs or ioctl or
something else.

While i have missed that in this particular case¹) you apparently shall
read via sysfs and write via ioctl -- i thought that most could already
be written via sysfs which doesn't seem to be true -- it would be nice
to get rid of the devilish ioctl mid-term iff there is consensus about
it. The bridge is admittedly a vicarious corner case and probably
seldomly used anyway.

¹)
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bridge/2008-May/005839.html
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