Re: [PATCH] pci: show dma_mask bits in /sys

[Grant Grundler]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 08:39:23AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:44:12AM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote:
> > 
> > Lastly, /sys seems to have over run even /proc. On an rx2600 (ia64):
> > grundler@gsyprf3:/usr/src/linux-2.6$ find /sys ! -type d | wc
> >    6288    6296  264893
> 
> Is this causing some kind of problem for your systems?

Nope. Just an observation on the "forest" (vs individual "trees").

> /sys shows far more information than /proc does, so of course it would
> be larger in quantity.

Yes - and /sys is better organized (hierarchial in general).
But it's getting harder to find stuff because there is so much now.
Any comments on adding DMA attributes (e.g. dma_mask_bits) to /sys?

Willy has objected and I'm waiting to hear if he's ok with limiting
this to a DEBUG compile time flag.

thanks,
grant
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