From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>,
Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>,
airlied@linux.ie
Subject: Re: [RFC] subclasses in sysfs to solve world peace
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:55:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050916215557.GE13920@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050916010438.GA12759@vrfy.org>
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 03:04:38AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> How will the SUBSYSTEM (kset name) value look like for a "subclass"?
It would be the CLASS value, to make it easier for userspace.
> Will it have it's own value or will all class devices and subclass
> devices share the same SUBSYSTEM?
Yes, they will all share the same.
> What are the "subclass drivers"? Similar to the current "bus drivers"?
No, kinda like what the mouse driver is today. It's a type of driver
that creates subclass devices for class devices.
> Will it be possible to have subclasses of subclasses? :)
Heh, no, the tree stops here :)
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-16 21:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-16 0:20 [RFC] subclasses in sysfs to solve world peace Greg KH
2005-09-16 0:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 1:46 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-16 1:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 21:54 ` Greg KH
2005-09-16 1:04 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-16 1:23 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 1:54 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-16 2:03 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 2:14 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-16 2:36 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 2:43 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-16 3:10 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 7:21 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 21:48 ` Greg KH
2005-09-16 22:55 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 8:02 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-09-16 15:44 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-16 21:50 ` Greg KH
2005-09-16 22:56 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-17 0:48 ` Dave Airlie
2005-09-16 21:49 ` Greg KH
2005-09-16 7:59 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-09-16 21:55 ` Greg KH [this message]
2005-09-16 22:45 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-09-17 0:20 ` Antonino A. Daplas
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2005-09-16 1:45 David Lang
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