Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262119AbVBYX6z (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:58:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262803AbVBYX6z (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:58:55 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:40074 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262119AbVBYX6y (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:58:54 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:58:39 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Kay Sievers Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Symlink /sys/class/block to /sys/block Message-ID: <20050225235839.GB29912@kroah.com> References: <20050222190412.GA23687@suse.de> <20050224233458.GB26941@suse.de> <20050225223926.GB28014@kroah.com> <20050225235349.GA12485@vrfy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050225235349.GA12485@vrfy.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 24 On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 12:53:49AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 02:39:27PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > The hotplug events will still have the /block/* devpath, so this symlink > > > will give us nothing than problems. > > > > It will not give hotplug programs issues, as the block devpath still > > remains the same. > > No, but anything like udevstart or HAL coldplugging will have a problem > with that inconsistency. Damm, forgot about that, good point :) Ok, forget the symlink. Or, for that matter, ever moving from /sys/block/... thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/