Re: [PATCH 7/7] driver-core : convert semaphore to mutex in struct class

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 04:18:43AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 10:28 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > Then what's your opinon about the lockdep warning fix? I wonder
> > whether the "soon" means we should do mutex convert after the
> > class_device going away?
> 
> Yeah, might be better to wait until class_device is gone, otherwise you
> may need to fix stuff that is just going to be removed. Your change to
> have iterators for the class devices look like a nice preparation for
> future changes though.
> 
> Our rough plan is:
>  2.6.25:
>   - get the ~100 patches in Greg's tree (in -mm) merged :)
>  2.6.26:
> ???  - remove the 20 char limit in "struct device"
>   - get rid of "struct class_device"
>  2.6.27
>   - merge most of "struct class" and "struct bus_type" and have
>     only one type of list and iterator for all devices of all subsystems
>  2.6.27+
>   - allow multiple "drivers" to bind a single device (now that the
>     difference between class and bus devices is gone)

I'm hoping that we might be able to get this last one by 2.6.26 or .27,
depending on how much time I get to work on it...

Other than that, I agree with this timeline.

thanks,

greg k-h