Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] driver core: Add device location to "struct device" and expose it in sysfs

Heikki Krogerus
2020-06-30T10:49:59Z

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:49:41PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote:
> Add a new (optional) field to denote the physical location of a device
> in the system, and expose it in sysfs. This was discussed here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20200618184621.GA446639@kroah.com/
>
> (The primary choice for attribute name i.e. "location" is already
> exposed as an ABI elsewhere, so settled for "site"). Individual buses
> that want to support this new attribute can opt-in by setting a flag in
> bus_type, and then populating the location of device while enumerating
> it.

So why not just call it "physical_location"?

thanks,

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heikki