On Jul 23, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> As 2.6 will be the default kernel for Etch and /sys is playing an
> increasingly important role in system configuration, I was wondering if
> it does not make sense to add sysfsutils to base and thus install it by
> default on new systems.
Which packages actually use it, and why?
What can it do that "echo $VALUE > /sys$DEVPATH/attribute" and similar
commands cannot do?

What is the point of having an abstraction layer for a published and
already widely used API?

I object to adding 160 KB to base unless it will be better explained
why we need this.

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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