Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750717AbVIPV6S (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:58:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750706AbVIPV5w (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:57:52 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:41101 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750709AbVIPV52 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:57:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:55:57 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Kay Sievers Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik , Hannes Reinecke , Patrick Mochel , airlied@linux.ie Subject: Re: [RFC] subclasses in sysfs to solve world peace Message-ID: <20050916215557.GE13920@suse.de> References: <20050916002036.GA6149@suse.de> <20050916010438.GA12759@vrfy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050916010438.GA12759@vrfy.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 887 Lines: 27 On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 03:04:38AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > How will the SUBSYSTEM (kset name) value look like for a "subclass"? It would be the CLASS value, to make it easier for userspace. > Will it have it's own value or will all class devices and subclass > devices share the same SUBSYSTEM? Yes, they will all share the same. > What are the "subclass drivers"? Similar to the current "bus drivers"? No, kinda like what the mouse driver is today. It's a type of driver that creates subclass devices for class devices. > Will it be possible to have subclasses of subclasses? :) Heh, no, the tree stops here :) 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/