Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751754AbWLMXlK (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:41:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751803AbWLMXlK (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:41:10 -0500 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:33148 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751754AbWLMXlJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:41:09 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:40:47 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 Message-ID: <20061213234047.GA14675@suse.de> References: <20061213195226.GA6736@kroah.com> <20061213203113.GA9026@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2190 Lines: 66 On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:58:24PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I'm really not convinced about the user-mode thing unless somebody can > show me a good reason for it. Not just some "wouldn't it be nice" kind of > thing. A real, honest-to-goodness reason that we actually _want_ to see > used. > > No features just for features sake. Ok, Thomas just showed at least one example of where this interface is a big advantage over the all-in-kernel model. I'll work with him and try to dig up other real examples before submitting this code again. In the mean time, I'll leave it in my tree and it will get some more exposure in the -mm releases. > So please push the tree without this userspace IO driver at all. Done. Please pull from: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6.git/ It contains the changes listed below. thanks, greg k-h drivers/base/class.c | 2 ++ drivers/base/platform.c | 4 ++-- fs/debugfs/inode.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- include/linux/platform_device.h | 2 +- kernel/module.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/power/Kconfig | 9 +++++---- 6 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) --------------- Akinobu Mita (1): driver core: delete virtual directory on class_unregister() Andrew Morton (1): Driver core: "platform_driver_probe() can save codespace": save codespace David Brownell (1): Driver core: deprecate PM_LEGACY, default it to N Kay Sievers (1): Driver core: show "initstate" of module Mathieu Desnoyers (5): DebugFS : inotify create/mkdir support DebugFS : coding style fixes DebugFS : file/directory creation error handling DebugFS : more file/directory creation error handling DebugFS : file/directory removal fix Scott Wood (1): Driver core: Make platform_device_add_data accept a const pointer - 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/