From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: [RFC] Some thoughts on device drivers and sysfs Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:25:10 -0500 Message-ID: <9e47339105032713251c88890@mail.gmail.com> References: <1111951499.3503.87.camel@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: Jon Smirl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <1111951499.3503.87.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org To: Adam Belay Cc: linux-pm-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:24:59 -0500, Adam Belay wrote: > This would allow us to represent per-device driver attributes in sysfs. > As an added benefit, driver devices would allow the tracking and control > of driver state, which may be needed for dynamic power management. I > look forward to any comments. Isn't there already a way to do this? I recall some discussion lkml about six months ago about doing it. I tried googling for it but couldn't find it. It may not have been implemented. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org