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Subject: Re: driverfs is not for everything! (was: [PATCH] /proc/scsi/map )
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> I think the qualification for appearing in driverfs is actually possessing a 
> driver.  Therefore, we accept FC and iSCSI.  Things which appear as 
> FileSystems are debatable, but not anything which has a real device driver.

The qualification for appearing in the device tree is the physical 
presence of the device, regardless of the presence of a driver to control 
it. (This typically depends on the presence of the bus driver so it can 
discover the device.) Presence in the device tree implies presence in 
driverfs.

	-pat

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