Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261395AbVC0Sje (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:39:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261414AbVC0Sjd (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:39:33 -0500 Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.199]:50657 "EHLO mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261395AbVC0Sj2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:39:28 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:39:27 -0500 From: Nick Orlov Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm3: class_simple API In-reply-to: <20050327181717.GC14502@kroah.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mail-followup-to: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <20050327183927.GA4535@nikolas.hn.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i References: <20050327180431.GA4327@nikolas.hn.org> <20050327181717.GC14502@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 927 Lines: 33 On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 10:17:17AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:04:31PM -0500, Nick Orlov wrote: > > > > - Whether the changes like the one above are "the right thing to do" ? > > Yes. Questionable. > > > - What's the best way to deal with this particular issue ? > > Change the code to not use these functions. In other words "forget about nvidia <-> udev interaction" ? I do not think it is acceptable. > Look at the vmware code for examples of how to do this. Is there a place where I can download the code example without registering / paying license fee ? P.S. Please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list. -- With best wishes, Nick Orlov. - 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/