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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
Cc: dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dsilvers@simtec.co.uk, ben@simtec.co.uk,
	Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpiolib: add support for having symlinks under gpio class directory
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:48:34 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091210024834.GB20410@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71eff9c88d3fec3daa218341c83c19a106ee1f62.1260364108.git.ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 03:49:03PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> Extend the functionality of gpio_export_link() to allow exported GPIOs
> to have names using sysfs links under /sys/class/gpio.

No, please don't create symlinks under a class, that is not something
that any userspace tool is expecting.

I don't understand what you are trying to do here, why do you need a
symlink?  What is wrong with the original device names?

confused,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-10  2:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-09 13:49 [PATCH 0/3] gpiolib: gpio naming in sysfs Jani Nikula
2009-12-09 13:49 ` [PATCH 1/3] device class: add symlink creation helpers Jani Nikula
2009-12-10  2:49   ` Greg KH
2009-12-09 13:49 ` [PATCH 2/3] gpiolib: add support for having symlinks under gpio class directory Jani Nikula
2009-12-10  2:48   ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-12-10 14:32     ` Jani Nikula
2009-12-10 14:49       ` Greg KH
2009-12-10 15:17         ` Kay Sievers
2009-12-10 15:24           ` Greg KH
2009-12-11  8:41         ` Jani Nikula
2009-12-11 15:38           ` Greg KH
2009-12-11  3:35       ` David Brownell
2009-12-09 13:49 ` [PATCH 3/3] gpiolib: use chip->names for symlinks, always use gpioN for device names Jani Nikula
2009-12-11  3:39   ` David Brownell
2009-12-11  3:47     ` Greg KH
2009-12-11  4:13       ` David Brownell
2009-12-11  4:38         ` Greg KH
2009-12-11  5:13           ` David Brownell
2009-12-11  5:18             ` Greg KH
2009-12-11  5:36           ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-12-11  5:46             ` Greg KH
2009-12-11  7:51               ` Artem Bityutskiy
2009-12-11 15:36                 ` Greg KH
2009-12-11 13:23             ` [PATCH]crypto: Fix complain about lack test for internal used algorithm Youquan,Song
2009-12-11  6:04               ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-19  9:40                 ` Youquan,Song
2009-12-19  2:29                   ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-19 15:07                     ` Youquan,Song
2009-12-19  9:42                       ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-21 10:38                         ` [Resend PATCH]crypto: " Youquan,Song
2009-12-23 11:59                           ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-11  5:22         ` [PATCH 3/3] gpiolib: use chip->names for symlinks, always use gpioN for device names Ben Nizette
2009-12-11  5:12       ` Ben Nizette
2009-12-14 11:16         ` Jani Nikula
2009-12-14 22:27           ` Ben Nizette
2009-12-10  0:02 ` [PATCH 0/3] gpiolib: gpio naming in sysfs Andrew Morton

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