From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262906AbUB0SSy (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:18:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262931AbUB0SSy (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:18:54 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:32158 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262906AbUB0SSs (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:18:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:18:48 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Alexander Viro , "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Sysfs is too restrictive Message-ID: <20040227181848.GB9891@kroah.com> References: <20040227100541.284fb155@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040227100541.284fb155@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:05:41AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > It is too hard to get the desired directory layout without re-implementing most > of sysfs in the driver. This is what I want, and don't have Pat to kick around > anymore. Yes, I agree that it needs to be made much easier to create a subdirectory in sysfs using the driver model. I even filed a bug about that a long time ago :) It's on my TODO list for 2.7, if that makes you feel any better. And if you want to try to implement it before I get to it, that would be great. Sorry I don't have a solution for you to do this with today :( greg k-h