From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
Cc: Frederic TEMPORELLI <frederic.temporelli@bull.net>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: proc_name in sysfs
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:52:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050411115215.GB13154@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42563AC4.4050605@torque.net>
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 06:03:16PM +1000, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> >The real problem is that someone decided to export the proc_name in sysfs.
> >It's supposed to be only procfs-specific but someone violated that rule.
>
> Forget the "proc_" part. It is effectively the lld_name.
>
> Allowing the LLD to name itself to the scsi subsystem
> makes sense, especially when the LLD is made up of several
> kernel modules. See my previous example comparing the
> output of lsscsi -H and scan_host.sh .
In theory we have ->name for that, but people have decided to put really
verbose stuff in there. A module name is important, not just for scsi.
James once had a proposal where the scsi_host can link to the module in
sysfs, which is the right thing and needed for other things like mkinitrd
aswell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-11 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-06 11:40 proc_name in sysfs Frederic TEMPORELLI
2005-04-06 18:36 ` Patrick Mansfield
2005-04-07 1:06 ` Douglas Gilbert
2005-04-07 6:35 ` Frederic TEMPORELLI
2005-04-07 8:17 ` Douglas Gilbert
2005-04-08 0:02 ` Patrick Mansfield
2005-04-08 7:37 ` Frederic TEMPORELLI
2005-04-08 0:00 ` Patrick Mansfield
2005-04-08 6:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-04-08 8:03 ` Douglas Gilbert
2005-04-11 11:52 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2005-04-11 14:19 ` James Bottomley
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