From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265697AbUGZRsS (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:48:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265288AbUGZRsS (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:48:18 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:37795 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266021AbUGZQOO (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:14:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:12:21 -0400 From: Greg KH To: Robert Love Cc: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" , Andrew Morton , cw@f00f.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] kernel events layer Message-ID: <20040726161221.GC17449@kroah.com> References: <1090853403.1973.11.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1090853403.1973.11.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:50:03AM -0400, Robert Love wrote: > On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 00:31 -0700, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote: > > > methinks: if the message is related to some object that has a kobject > > representation, use it. If not, come up with one on a case by case > > basis [now this is the difficult one--is where it'd be difficult to > > keep things on leash]. > > That introduces two orthogonal name spaces, and that really doesn't cut > it. > > If Greg can come up with a solution for using kobjects, I am all for > that - that would be great - but I really do not see kobject paths > working out. I think the best we have is the file path in the tree. Give me a few days, I'm working on it, but have been traveling too much. Robert and I will sit down during OSCON this week and try to work out something along these lines, and then post it again here. thanks, greg k-h