From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kay.sievers@vrfy.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] driver core: introduce devtmpfs_wait_for_dev() v1
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:06:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090918060636.GF7104@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d82e647a0909170701o6398fcb9wcaa6e9f2e7a08743@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:01:13PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> 2009/8/6 <tom.leiming@gmail.com>:
> > From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
> >
> > This patch introduces devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(), which is based on devtmpfs
> > and can be used to remove polling for root device before mounting rootfs.
> >
> > This patch also gives a generic and simple way to wait for a device in
> > kernel mode based on devtmpfs.
> >
> > This version takes Kay Sievers's suggestion: pass relative path to
> > devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(), for devtmpfs has no clue where it is
> > mounted.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
>
> Hi, Greg
>
> Since devtmpfs has been merged into mainline, would you mind
> queuing the 2 patches into your tree now?
Will do, when the linux-next tree opens back up for .33 patches.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-18 6:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-06 9:40 [PATCH 1/2] driver core: introduce devtmpfs_wait_for_dev() v1 tom.leiming
2009-09-17 14:01 ` Ming Lei
2009-09-18 6:06 ` Greg KH [this message]
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