From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261292AbVFAV3R (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:29:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261307AbVFAV0v (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:26:51 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:36756 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261292AbVFAV0D (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:26:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:36:16 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Michael Tokarev Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices Message-ID: <20050601213616.GA4192@kroah.com> References: <11163663063114@kroah.com> <429C95BF.3070102@tls.msk.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <429C95BF.3070102@tls.msk.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 08:50:07PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices > [With similar patch and $MODALIAS in hotplug path stuff > submitted for USB] > > Speaking of all this... While the two (USB and PCI) are > most important nowadays... Hmm, so probably all other > similar "busses", like PCMCIA, even bluetooth, and "not > so obvious ones" like IDE and SCSI, and PNP&EISA -- this > same approach may be used for all, providing device/modalias > file for all (scsi:t0 for sd_mod etc), and $MODALIAS for > hotpluggable ones, with appropriate .modalias in modules... > > I mean, are we on the way to converting just everything > into this modalias thing, so that hotplug/modloading will > be just one-liner? Yes, care to make up patches for these other busses? thanks, greg k-h