Re: lsscsi-0.17 released

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:27:16AM -0500, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Matthias Andree wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Douglas Gilbert wrote: 
> >>Matthias Andree wrote:
> >>>Does this work around new incompatibilities in the kernel
> >>>or does this fix lsscsi bugs?
> >>
> >>The former. In lk 2.6.16-rc1 the
> >>/sys/class/scsi_device/<hcil>/device/block symlink
> >>changed to ".../block:sd<x>" breaking lsscsi 0.16 (and
> >>earlier) and sg_map26 (in sg3_utils).
> > 
> > Heck, what was the reason for breaking userspace again?
> 
> Maybe the person responsible can answer. I'm only reacting
> to a change that broke two of my utilities.

Probably better to cc the person responsible if you want an answer.

> > Why would someone even consider using sysfs at all if it changes
> > incompatibly?
> 
> Indeed.

There seems to be no committment to making sysfs a stable part of the
kernel API.  Which is really just another way of saying "we can't be
bothered to design it upfront, we'll just let it evolve into a mess
and then try to fix it afterwards".
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