Re: [ PATCH 2.6.16-rc3-xen 3/3] sysfs: export Xen hypervisor attributes to sysfs

[Heiko Carstens]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 08:06:12AM -0500, Mike D. Day wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >surely those tools already talk to the hypervisor.. so they might as
> >well ask for this information themselves... no need to bloat the kernel
> >for this
> 
> Yes, it is an optional function. The current implementation is a module
> that can be omitted from the configuration, built-in, or loadable.

If it's not needed, why include it at all?

Heiko
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