From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751027AbWBQWYk (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:24:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751476AbWBQWYk (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:24:40 -0500 Received: from dsl093-040-174.pdx1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.93.40.174]:64467 "EHLO aria.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751027AbWBQWYj (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:24:39 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:24:30 -0800 From: Greg KH To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Dave Hansen , Andrew Morton , Yasunori Goto , lhms Subject: Re: [PATCH] change memoryX->phys_device from number to symlink [1/2] generic func Message-ID: <20060217222430.GA14847@suse.de> References: <43F570B1.7050302@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43F570B1.7050302@jp.fujitsu.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 03:44:01PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > This patch is from memory hotplug tree in lhms. > This patch changes memory_device's phys_device member from just a number > to symbolic link to the device. AFAIK, phys_device is not used now. > > example) > $readlink /sys/devices/system/memory/memory10/phys_device > ../../../../firmware/acpi/namespace/ACPI/_SB/LSB1/MEM3 > > This will help memory hotplug shell script. You should bring this up on the acpi mailing list, as I know Pat Mochel has redone the whole "acpi in sysfs" thing, so this patch will break those patches (or his will break yours.) I suggest you discuss this with him. good luck, greg k-h