Re: [PLUG] Failure trying to write to a file in a virtual file system

[Sean Collins <sean@seanmcollins.com>]

Ah - it may be this bit right here

>  When writing sysfs files, userspace processes should first read the
>  entire file, modify the values it wishes to change, then write the
>  entire buffer back.

http://delcom.sourceforge.net/sysfs.txt

When you echo something and pipe it into the sysfs mount, that's a  
stream. I think sysfs wants an atomic write.

Again, a bit out on a limb here, but that's my best guess without  
access to my linux box.



Thank You,

Sean Collins

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