Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:14:14 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Louis Garcia II <louisg00@bellsouth.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Status of driver core struct device changes?
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On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 12:34:43AM -0400, Louis Garcia II wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 17:59 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 05:49:29PM -0400, Louis Garcia II wrote:
> > > A couple of months ago greg kh started work toward allowing everything
> > > to be a struct device in the sysfs device tree. How is this progressing?
> > 
> > Quite well.  But next time you might want to CC: me as I almost missed
> > this message.
> > 
> > > Any time frame when we will have a simplified driver core api?
> > 
> > It's getting there.  If you look in -mm there are a lot of subsystems
> > already converted over, along with a lot of patches from andrew that
> > revert these changes due to udev issues.
> > 
> > I'm working on fixing up the udev issues so that the kernel work is not
> > held up.  That's a bit slower going as it requires me to install a lot
> > of different distros...
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> How about block devices? Will it be moved to /sys/class or is that abi
> set in stone?

Yes, those will also move, but that's a bit lower on my list of things
to do.  Patches to help this out are always welcome.

thanks,

greg k-h
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