Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750735AbVIPWpT (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:45:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750736AbVIPWpT (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:45:19 -0400 Received: from qproxy.gmail.com ([72.14.204.205]:57324 "EHLO qproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750735AbVIPWpS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:45:18 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=GsZ3DruISiOUnLPoM1ceuXsba6qnH+CXsg0iHuspPvuNv4UCyMn/VvteIcSq5KQArCSTIxOqq0kQQvTHyW/6znLul61eP+ncWvTv+IWP/CQi/fd5Rc79xfM/Nnk8tuptdeZsrFx4ItGwaAqQHjkUvc4wwOToUQKcD+PPAd6WsQM= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:45:16 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov Reply-To: dtor_core@ameritech.net To: Greg KH Subject: Re: [RFC] subclasses in sysfs to solve world peace Cc: Kay Sievers , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik , Hannes Reinecke , Patrick Mochel , airlied@linux.ie In-Reply-To: <20050916215557.GE13920@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050916002036.GA6149@suse.de> <20050916010438.GA12759@vrfy.org> <20050916215557.GE13920@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1085 Lines: 31 On 9/16/05, Greg KH wrote: > 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 :) > I think you are potentially shooting yourself in the foot. There is no technical reasons for limiting depth of the tree. -- Dmitry - 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/