Re: [PATCH] add netdev led trigger

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Nov 30 2010 - 14:21:26 EST



Please preserve cc lists.

> > I was hoping you'd comment on the ABI itself, too. It uses
> >
> > echo "foo bar baz" > file
> >
> > to enable/disable specific events to be "displayed". More traditional
> > interface would be
> >
> > echo disable > file_foo
>
> The main arguments for using the single "mode" file are:
> 1. that's how it was implemented for OpenWrt, and there's a fair
> amount of userland (web admin tools, etc.) that groks it

That's not good reason...

> 2. it's only specifying a set of three possible values -- separate
> files seem like overkill

Does it? AFAICT it allowed any combination of 3 -- IOW 2^3 values.

Please be consistent with rest of kernel...
Pavel
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