Re: [RFC PATCH V2 2/2] introduce ACPI ALS device driver

[Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>]

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:09 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> > +	status = acpi_get_name(als->device->handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &name);
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> > +		result = -ENODEV;
> > +		goto end;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	als->als_sys = als_device_register(&acpi_als_ops, name.pointer, als);
> 
> I don't think we should expose the ACPI pathname of the device here.
> If we really need something in sysfs, I think some kind of link to the
> underlying device would be better.

What I mean to say here is that if we need a connection to the ACPI
pathname (and we might, especially for debugging), I think the
connection should be between "ACPI0008:00" and the pathname, not between
something in /sys/class/als/... and the pathname.

Then you could have a link under /sys/class/als/... to the ACPI0008:00
stuff.

Bjorn