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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:32 -0700 "Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> >  It doesn't really seem to be to belong under class at all.  I would suggest
> > /sys/dev/char/ and /sys/dev/block/, for char and block respectively.
> >
> 
> This thread fizzled out without a patch... here goes:
> 
> ...
>
> sysfs: add /sys/dev/{char,block} to lookup sysfs path by major:minor

Crickets are chirping and I can't remember what the conclusion to all this
was.  In fact the thread was more than ten-deep so I probably fell asleep.

I queued it up so that others cannot do the same ;)