Re: [PATCH] - Externel SLIT table information thru sysfs

[Andi Kleen]

Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > >        10 20 64 42 42 22
> 
> Care to turn this into a one value per file implementation instead of
> this?  That will make it easier to determine exactly what the data in
> each file is, and follow the sysfs rules.

No, we discussed this already earlier (please check the thread)

One file for each would lead to excessive memory consumption on large
systems, and it would make it much more costly for programs to read
this information.

Also the sysfs documentation allows for this case where it makes
sense even.

-Andi
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