From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rob Love Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:07:45 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] add sysfs mem device support [2/4] Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 10:31, Rob Love wrote: > Creating them via udev is the point. > > Remember, the ultimate goal is to have udev in initramfs during early > boot, and all of these vital devices will be created. > > For udev to work as intended, all devices on the system must be > represented in sysfs. Oh, I think I get your point, now. The devices actually do not need to be in sysfs, but we do need to generate a hotplug event for them. Nonetheless, I think it makes sense to also put them in sysfs. I think of sysfs has a "device tree" and not necessarily a "physical device tree". Rob Love ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel