Subject: Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer
From: Robert Love <rml@ximian.com>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
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On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 04:18 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:

> If we add this to the kobject_hotplug function, how do we prevent the
> execution of /sbin/hotplug for ksets that have positive hotplug filters?

Ah, another good point.

> So I've created a new function for now:
>   int kobj_notify(const char *signal, struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr)
> which can be used from the subsystems. This function is also called for
> the normal /sbin/hotplug event. (The subsystems may provide a additional
> environment for the /sbin/hotplug events, this is ignored by now.)

This is basically the last patch I posted, with the removel of "enum
kevent" and the addition of struct attribute *attr".

Which is exactly what I want. ;-)

Best,

	Robert Love


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