From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jonathan Mayer <jonmayer@google.com>
Cc: dtor_core@ameritech.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] added sysdev attribute to sysdev show/store methods - for linux-2.6.13.4
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:26:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051021002631.GA18404@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4a45da430510201607x78c5e432r5d641c46dd15eeaa@mail.google.com>
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 04:07:59PM -0700, Jonathan Mayer wrote:
> > If it is a device it goes onto corresponding bus. Platform bus is a
> > kind of a kitchen sink for things that do not have a "real" bus -
> > things like keyboard controller, older ISA devices, etc. Only things
> > that necessary to get the box going and have to be suspended last with
> > interrupts off (like IRQ controller) should be implemented as system
> > devices.
>
> I see! Okay, I will make this so. Thanks for the explanation.
>
> Even so, I still think my patch is a good idea (for the sysdev
> attributes, and all kobject attribute derived thingies in general).
It is a good idea, if someone needs access to that attribute
information. But for now, no one does. When they do, I'll be glad to
accept the patch.
Oh, and Pat isn't the driver core maintainer anymore...
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-21 0:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-20 21:47 [PATCH] added sysdev attribute to sysdev show/store methods - for linux-2.6.13.4 Jonathan Mayer
2005-10-20 21:59 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-10-20 22:03 ` Jonathan Mayer
2005-10-20 23:03 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-10-20 23:07 ` Jonathan Mayer
2005-10-21 0:26 ` Greg KH [this message]
2005-10-21 0:42 ` Jonathan Mayer
2005-10-21 4:07 ` Greg KH
2005-10-20 22:00 ` Jonathan Mayer
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