RE: Attributes

[James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>]

On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 10:03, Smart, James wrote:
> I've considered the daemon approach (using sysfs) - but didn't believe it
> applied for a value that had to be set at boot time (when the link first
> initializes). For boot, the thought is to either compile it in, or perhaps
> get it via a module parameter assuming module.conf get copied into the
> inital ram disk.

Not at all.  All that happens is that you have to run the daemon before
using the devices.  So you'd need an initramfs/initrd daemon but *only*
if your root device is on a fibre whose topology you want to control.

> This brings up another question...  assuming a driver gets into the kernel
> tree, but it has an associated user-space entity like this daemon. How does
> one get the user-space elements onto the different distributions in concert
> with the kernel ?  (other than lobbying each distribution individually ?)

One publishes the user space entries separately.  The distributions
necessarily pick them up if they want the driver to work correctly.

James