Re: [PATCH v2 12/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Add current_batch sysfs entry

[Borislav Petkov]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 01:21:41PM -0800, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> I'm assuming that the kernel would provide different error conditions for 
> those. But handling those in shell scripting is very difficult: you'd need to 
> start a subshell and parse stderr.

You call that "very difficult"?!

> And this is part of my argument of why it's unlikely people will use their 
> shells to do this. That shell function is easily another 10 lines of 
> scripting, if it's meant to do its job properly. To make that easier, we've 
> developed two tools, one of them the OpenDCDiag tool I linked to, but both 
> just happen to be written in C and C++ instead of shell.

I've told you already that having a special tool is always more
problematic. I guess you'll make your own experience distributing it but
if you see pushback and people start complaining, you shouldn't wonder
why.

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    Boris.

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