Re: [RFC] subclasses in sysfs to solve world peace

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> I'll try fix the patch I posted last night (that implements the above,
> or at least what Kay described with sub-devices residing under their
> parent devices and symlinked into their classes), I believe it could
> also be used for block, so it will be like:
> 
> .../block/
> |-- devices
> |   |-- sda
> |   |   |-- device -> ../../../../
> |   |   |-- sda1
> |   |   |   |-- dev
> |   |   |   `-- device -> ../../../../../block/partitions/sda1
> |   |   |-- sda2
> |   |   |   |-- dev
> |   |   |   `-- device -> ../../../../../block/partitions/sda2
> ...
> `-- partitions
>    |-- sda1 -> ../../../class/block/devices/sda/sda1
>    |-- sda2 -> ../../../class/block/devices/sda/sda2

Nah, that's a mess.  I think the proposal I had would work for both
input and block with a minimum of disruption.  Still don't know about
video though, David said he would take some time this weekend to get me
some feedback, which is good, as I have to get on a 14 hour plane ride
soon...

thanks,

greg k-h