From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:36:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050601213616.GA4192@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <429C95BF.3070102@tls.msk.ru>
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 08:50:07PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices
> [With similar patch and $MODALIAS in hotplug path stuff
> submitted for USB]
>
> Speaking of all this... While the two (USB and PCI) are
> most important nowadays... Hmm, so probably all other
> similar "busses", like PCMCIA, even bluetooth, and "not
> so obvious ones" like IDE and SCSI, and PNP&EISA -- this
> same approach may be used for all, providing device/modalias
> file for all (scsi:t0 for sd_mod etc), and $MODALIAS for
> hotpluggable ones, with appropriate .modalias in modules...
>
> I mean, are we on the way to converting just everything
> into this modalias thing, so that hotplug/modloading will
> be just one-liner?
Yes, care to make up patches for these other busses?
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-01 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-17 21:44 [GIT PATCH] PCI bugfixes for 2.6.12-rc4 Greg KH
2005-05-17 21:45 ` [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: Fix echoing 1 to power file of enabled slot problem with SHPC driver Greg KH
2005-05-17 21:45 ` [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: CPCI update Greg KH
2005-05-17 21:45 ` [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: get pciehp to work on the downstream port of a switch Greg KH
2005-05-17 21:45 ` [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: remove pci_visit_dev Greg KH
2005-05-17 21:45 ` [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices Greg KH
2005-05-17 21:45 ` [PATCH] PCI: add MODALIAS to hotplug event " Greg KH
2005-05-31 16:50 ` [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file " Michael Tokarev
2005-06-01 21:36 ` Greg KH [this message]
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