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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@quicinc.com>,
	Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@codeaurora.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
	"damm@opensource.se" <damm@opensource.se>,
	"lethal@linux-sh.org" <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
	"rjw@sisk.pl" <rjw@sisk.pl>, "dtor@mail.ru" <dtor@mail.ru>,
	"eric.y.miao@gmail.com" <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] platform: Faciliatate the creation of pseduo-platform busses
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:53:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100810235323.GA24612@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimjXd=SL61KvjDfvJ-JtXsSVW9pwOYBFUHX0mVp@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 11:28:13AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> >> That would be nice, but take your "standard" PC today:
> >>        > ls /sys/devices/platform/
> >>        Fixed MDIO bus.0  i8042  pcspkr  power  serial8250  uevent vesafb.0
> >>
> >> There are tty devices below the serial port, which is nice to see, but
> >> the others?  I don't know what type of bus they would be on, do you?
> [...]
> > I wouldn't have any problem modifying those specific drivers to
> > register under something like /sys/devices/legacy, but I don't really
> > think it is in any way necessary.
> 
> Or for that matter, make those drivers explicitly use
> /sys/devices/platform so that I don't cause churn on PCs.  :-)  I'd
> like to be rid of it as default behaviour for embedded though.

Yes, that would be the easier (and better) solution.

thanks,

greg k-h

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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@quicinc.com>,
	Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@codeaurora.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
	"damm@opensource.se" <damm@opensource.se>,
	"lethal@linux-sh.org" <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
	"rjw@sisk.pl" <rjw@sisk.pl>, "dtor@mail.ru" <dtor@mail.ru>,
	"eric.y.miao@gmail.com" <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] platform: Faciliatate the creation of pseduo-platform busses
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:53:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100810235323.GA24612@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimjXd=SL61KvjDfvJ-JtXsSVW9pwOYBFUHX0mVp@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 11:28:13AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> >> That would be nice, but take your "standard" PC today:
> >>        > ls /sys/devices/platform/
> >>        Fixed MDIO bus.0  i8042  pcspkr  power  serial8250  uevent vesafb.0
> >>
> >> There are tty devices below the serial port, which is nice to see, but
> >> the others?  I don't know what type of bus they would be on, do you?
> [...]
> > I wouldn't have any problem modifying those specific drivers to
> > register under something like /sys/devices/legacy, but I don't really
> > think it is in any way necessary.
> 
> Or for that matter, make those drivers explicitly use
> /sys/devices/platform so that I don't cause churn on PCs.  :-)  I'd
> like to be rid of it as default behaviour for embedded though.

Yes, that would be the easier (and better) solution.

thanks,

greg k-h
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-10 23:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-03 23:35 [RFC PATCH] platform: Faciliatate the creation of pseduo-platform busses Patrick Pannuto
2010-08-03 23:36 ` Patrick Pannuto
2010-08-03 23:56 ` Greg KH
2010-08-04  0:02   ` Patrick Pannuto
2010-08-04  0:09     ` Greg KH
2010-08-04  0:17       ` Patrick Pannuto
2010-08-04  0:41         ` Timothy Meade
2010-08-04  0:41           ` Timothy Meade
2010-08-05 22:59         ` Grant Likely
2010-08-05 22:59           ` Grant Likely
2010-08-06 14:27           ` Greg KH
2010-08-06 15:12             ` Grant Likely
2010-08-06 15:12               ` Grant Likely
2010-08-06 23:46               ` Greg KH
2010-08-07  6:35                 ` Grant Likely
2010-08-07  6:35                   ` Grant Likely
2010-08-07  6:35                   ` Grant Likely
2010-08-07 17:28                   ` Grant Likely
2010-08-07 17:28                     ` Grant Likely
2010-08-10 23:53                     ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-08-10 23:53                       ` Greg KH
2010-08-05 23:00   ` Grant Likely
2010-08-05 23:00     ` Grant Likely
2010-08-04  9:37 ` Alan Cox

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