Re: [PATCH/RFC] s390: Hypervisor File System

[Michael Holzheu]

Hi Arnd,

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote on 04/21/2006 04:55:46 PM:
> There was some discussion about a sysfs hierarchy for hypervisor data
> some time ago, see also http://lwn.net/Articles/176365/.
> The idea was rather similar, just for other attributes. Maybe this
> can be consolidated in some way.

Thank you for the hint! Maybe we can find someone from the xen team
to discuss this.

> Is there a strong reason why you made your own file system instead of
> using subsystem_register to add /sys/hypervisor?

The main argument was that in sysfs normally operating system local
data is provided like data for busses or devices. The hypervisor data
does not belong to one machine. It is data for several machines within
a hypervisor environment.

Michael

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