From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded list <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ppc32: Make platform devices being able to assign functions (resend)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:31:11 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051229203111.GC9203@dmt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43B43EE4.6010900@secretlab.ca>
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:54:12PM -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > Hi Vitaly,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 11:04:32PM +0300, Vitaly Bordug wrote:
> >
> >>Implemented by modification of the .name field of the platform device,
> >>when PDs with the
> >>same names are to be used within different drivers, as
> >><device_name> -> <device_name>:<function>
> >>Corresponding drivers should change the .name in struct device_driver to
> >>reflect upper of course.
> >
> >
> > I'm not certain that the <device_name>:<function> structure for sysfs
> > representation is "allowed" - have you asked GregKH about it?
> >
> >
> He didn't seem to have any problem with it when we talked about it at
> OLS. Also, ':' is already used by the PCI bus driver. Look in
> /sys/class/pci_bus.
Fine then, thanks Grant.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-29 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-28 20:04 [PATCH 1/2] ppc32: Make platform devices being able to assign functions (resend) Vitaly Bordug
2005-12-29 19:40 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-12-29 19:54 ` Grant Likely
2005-12-29 20:31 ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
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