From: Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel
<kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
virtualization
<virtualization-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] virtio module alias support
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:10:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070925031034.GA16425@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1190686275.27805.255.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:11:15PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 18:57 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:50:04AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > > Not sure why I need the modalias here when it's in sysfs. But, it
> > > works.
> >
> > udev does not read from sysfs anymore, it just uses the environment
> > variables. It's faster and race-free that way.
>
> Should I leave the modalias entry in sysfs for back compat, or not?
> This will be for >= 2.6.24 only...
No, leave it in sysfs, other tools use it (like older versions of udev).
thanks,
greg k-h
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-24 9:13 [PATCH 0/3] virtio implementation (draft VI) Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 9:14 ` [PATCH 1/3] virtio interface Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1190625194.27805.199.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-24 9:14 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 9:15 ` [PATCH 2/3] virtio ring implementation Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 22:18 ` [kvm-devel] [PATCH 1/3] virtio interface Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <1190625256.27805.201.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-24 9:15 ` [PATCH 2/3] virtio ring implementation Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1190625307.27805.203.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-24 9:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] virtio module alias support Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 16:02 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <1190625394.27805.206.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-24 16:02 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20070924160221.GB5846-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 0:50 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 1:57 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <1190681405.27805.243.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 1:57 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20070925015747.GA16011-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 2:11 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1190686275.27805.255.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 3:10 ` Greg KH [this message]
2007-09-25 3:10 ` Greg KH
2007-09-25 2:11 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 0:50 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 13:44 ` [PATCH 2/3] virtio ring implementation Dor Laor
2007-09-24 23:43 ` [kvm-devel] " Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 13:32 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <46F7BF41.9060705-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-24 23:43 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 13:32 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 17:15 ` [kvm-devel] " Dor Laor
[not found] ` <1190727156.27805.332.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 17:15 ` Dor Laor
[not found] ` <46F94243.2000602-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 23:37 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1190763475.2227.20.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-26 9:08 ` Dor Laor
2007-09-26 9:08 ` [kvm-devel] " Dor Laor
2007-09-25 23:37 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 9:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] virtio module alias support Rusty Russell
2007-09-24 13:44 ` [kvm-devel] [PATCH 2/3] virtio ring implementation Dor Laor
2007-09-24 22:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] virtio interface Arnd Bergmann
2007-09-24 23:37 ` [kvm-devel] " Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <200709250018.12705.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-24 23:37 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 6:36 ` [kvm-devel] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-09-25 8:18 ` Cornelia Huck
[not found] ` <1190677058.27805.225.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 6:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <200709250836.29451.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-25 10:54 ` Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 10:54 ` [kvm-devel] " Rusty Russell
2007-09-25 8:18 ` Cornelia Huck
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