Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750713AbVIPV6S (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:58:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750720AbVIPV5t (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:57:49 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:42381 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750706AbVIPV5a (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:57:30 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:50:54 -0700 From: Greg KH To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , Kay Sievers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hannes Reinecke , Patrick Mochel , airlied@linux.ie Subject: Re: [RFC] subclasses in sysfs to solve world peace Message-ID: <20050916215054.GC13920@suse.de> References: <20050916002036.GA6149@suse.de> <20050916010438.GA12759@vrfy.org> <200509152023.44003.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20050916080237.GD10007@midnight.suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1305 Lines: 35 On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > I'll try fix the patch I posted last night (that implements the above, > or at least what Kay described with sub-devices residing under their > parent devices and symlinked into their classes), I believe it could > also be used for block, so it will be like: > > .../block/ > |-- devices > | |-- sda > | | |-- device -> ../../../../ > | | |-- sda1 > | | | |-- dev > | | | `-- device -> ../../../../../block/partitions/sda1 > | | |-- sda2 > | | | |-- dev > | | | `-- device -> ../../../../../block/partitions/sda2 > ... > `-- partitions > |-- sda1 -> ../../../class/block/devices/sda/sda1 > |-- sda2 -> ../../../class/block/devices/sda/sda2 Nah, that's a mess. I think the proposal I had would work for both input and block with a minimum of disruption. Still don't know about video though, David said he would take some time this weekend to get me some feedback, which is good, as I have to get on a 14 hour plane ride soon... 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/