Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932372AbVJQXYQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:24:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932374AbVJQXYQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:24:16 -0400 Received: from HELIOUS.MIT.EDU ([18.248.3.87]:42939 "EHLO neo.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932372AbVJQXYP (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:24:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:26:55 -0400 From: Adam Belay To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: Greg KH , Kay Sievers , Vojtech Pavlik , Hannes Reinecke , Patrick Mochel , airlied@linux.ie, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 0/8] Nesting class_device patches that actually work Message-ID: <20051017232655.GB32655@neo.rr.com> Mail-Followup-To: Adam Belay , dtor_core@ameritech.net, Greg KH , Kay Sievers , Vojtech Pavlik , Hannes Reinecke , Patrick Mochel , airlied@linux.ie, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051013020844.GA31732@kroah.com> <20051013105826.GA11155@vrfy.org> <20051014084554.GA19445@vrfy.org> <20051015150855.GA7625@vrfy.org> <20051017214430.GA5193@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1215 Lines: 31 On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:54:52PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On 10/17/05, Greg KH wrote: > > So, what to do now? Here's my proposal for the future. > > > > We figure out some way to agree on the input stuff, using class_device > > and get that into 2.6.15. Personally, I like the stuff I just did and > > is in the -mm tree :) > > > > If we are shooting at 2.6.15 I would just go with original 2-class > solution (input and input_dev) with doing symlinks in form of > /sys/class/input/mouseX/device -> /sys/class/input_dev/inputX > > Correct me if I am wrong but this is least invasive and (at least for > older hotplug installations) all that is needed to make it work is a > symlink from input.agent to input_dev.agent. > > -- > Dmitry I'm not sure if we want to introduce an incorrect change to the sysfs topology only to remove it in the next release. Currently, class devices are not expected to link between one another. Thanks, Adam - 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/