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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:55:24 -0800 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] x86 boot : export boot_params via sysfs On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:42:48PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > On Dec 12, 2007 10:40 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:49:09 +0000 "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote: > > > > > This patch export the boot parameters via sysfs. This can be used for > > > debugging and kexec. > > > > > > The files added are as follow: > > > > > > /sys/kernel/boot_params/data : binary file for struct boot_params > > > /sys/kernel/boot_params/version : boot protocol version > > > > Your patch uses kobject_create_and_register() which was added in Greg's > > driver tree as of 2.6.24-rc4-mm1. > > > > However for some reason kobject_create_and_register() has magically vanished > > from Greg's current driver tree so I cannot carry this patch, sorry. > > Seems kobject_create_and_register would be replaced by > kobject_create_and_add, and the uevent handling would be separated > from original create_and_register onefunction. Yes, that is what has now changed. > wait for greg's patches or modify to use: > > kobject_init > kobject_add > kobject_uevent > > BTW, I suspect whether the uevent is really needed for boot_params object. Actually, for something as trivial as this, just use the kobject_create_and_add() and don't worry about the uevent. It should be pretty trivial. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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