From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:17:21 -0700 Message-ID: <20151022201721.GA27977@kroah.com> References: <1445543427-26275-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> <1445543427-26275-2-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1445543427-26275-2-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou-OWPKS81ov/FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Pantelis Antoniou Cc: Rob Herring , Frank Rowand , Matt Porter , Koen Kooi , Guenter Roeck , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Pantelis Antoniou List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:50:22PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > We are going to need the overlays to appear on sysfs with runtime > global properties (like master enable) so turn them into kobjects. > > They have to be in sysfs so that people can have information about the > overlays applied in the system, i.e. where their targets are and whether > removal is possible. In a future more attributes can be added > in a backwards compatible manner. > > Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758194AbbJVURZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:17:25 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:40469 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752806AbbJVURW (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:17:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:17:21 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Pantelis Antoniou Cc: Rob Herring , Frank Rowand , Matt Porter , Koen Kooi , Guenter Roeck , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Pantelis Antoniou Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects Message-ID: <20151022201721.GA27977@kroah.com> References: <1445543427-26275-1-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> <1445543427-26275-2-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1445543427-26275-2-git-send-email-pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:50:22PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > We are going to need the overlays to appear on sysfs with runtime > global properties (like master enable) so turn them into kobjects. > > They have to be in sysfs so that people can have information about the > overlays applied in the system, i.e. where their targets are and whether > removal is possible. In a future more attributes can be added > in a backwards compatible manner. > > Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman