Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030402AbVJEWzg (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:55:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030409AbVJEWzf (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:55:35 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:24780 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030402AbVJEWzf (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:55:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:55:04 -0700 From: Greg KH To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Kay Sievers , Vojtech Pavlik , Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [patch 08/28] Input: prepare to sysfs integration Message-ID: <20051005225504.GA3566@suse.de> References: <20050915070131.813650000.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20050915070302.813567000.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20051005220316.GA2932@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1886 Lines: 47 On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:17:00PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On 10/5/05, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 02:01:39AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > Input: prepare to sysfs integration > > > > > > Add struct class_device to input_dev; add input_allocate_dev() > > > to dynamically allocate input devices; dynamically allocated > > > devices are automatically registered with sysfs. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov > > > > Ok, I've applied this one, and the other "convert the input drivers to > > be dynamic" to my tree, as this is all great work. > > > > I'll work on the last few patches that you have, with regard to how to > > tie it into sysfs "properly" now, and get back to you, just wanted to > > apply all of these, so we have a common base to work on. > > > > Greg, > > Could you please drop these patches for a while? Or maybe just don't > push them to Linus yet. How about I hold on to them, until you send me replacements for them? I'm using quilt so I can just drop them and add your new ones very easily. I will not push them to Linus until you and Vojtech say it's ok for me to do so. > The reason is that I want to change input_allocate_device to take > bitmap of supported events. This way I could allocate ABS tables > dynamically at the same time I allocate input_dev itself and it will > simplify error handling logic in drivers and it will save I think 1260 > bytes per input_dev structure which is nice. And I don't want to go > through all subsystems yet again soI want to fold into my input > dynalloc patch... That sounds good. 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/