From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964795AbVJTXIO (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:08:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964793AbVJTXIO (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:08:14 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.google.com ([216.239.45.12]:15813 "EHLO smtp-out.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964801AbVJTXIN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:08:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4a45da430510201607x78c5e432r5d641c46dd15eeaa@mail.google.com> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:07:59 -0700 From: Jonathan Mayer To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] added sysdev attribute to sysdev show/store methods - for linux-2.6.13.4 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Patrick Mochel In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <4a45da430510201447r2970ea67rfac8dffe7223a68@mail.google.com> <4a45da430510201503v74874acoca37bba3aa5a2d07@mail.google.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > If it is a device it goes onto corresponding bus. Platform bus is a > kind of a kitchen sink for things that do not have a "real" bus - > things like keyboard controller, older ISA devices, etc. Only things > that necessary to get the box going and have to be suspended last with > interrupts off (like IRQ controller) should be implemented as system > devices. I see! Okay, I will make this so. Thanks for the explanation. Even so, I still think my patch is a good idea (for the sysdev attributes, and all kobject attribute derived thingies in general). - Jonathan.