From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265617AbUAGVRM (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:17:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265623AbUAGVRL (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:17:11 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:28167 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265617AbUAGVRG (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:17:06 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:16:56 +0000 From: Russell King To: Greg KH Cc: Alan Stern , Kernel development list , Patrick Mochel Subject: Re: "Miscellaneous" bus for the driver model? Message-ID: <20040107211656.D18708@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , Alan Stern , Kernel development list , Patrick Mochel References: <20040107173345.GD31177@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040107173345.GD31177@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:33:45AM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:33:45AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:00:16AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > > Would it make sense for the driver model core to add a "miscellaneous" or > > "other" bus, intended for devices or drivers that are one-of-a-kind or > > otherwise non-standard? Kind of similar to the platform bus but meant > > for new things, not part of a legacy or other system/architecture-specific > > base? > > That's what the "legacy" bus is for. There's a patch floating around > that renames that bus to "platform" to remove any connotation that > "legacy" might occur. Can we get this patch merged ASAP please? It should really have gone in before 2.6 so we don't have this change during a stable kernel series. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 PCMCIA - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/ 2.6 Serial core