linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/6] driver core: add default groups to struct class

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:24:59 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oliver+list@...inagl.nl,
	khali@...ux-fr.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/6] driver core: add default groups to struct class

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 03:18:12PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 03:05:31PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 
> > We should be using groups, not attribute lists, for classes to allow
> > subdirectories, and soon, binary files.  Groups are just more flexible
> > overall, so add them.
> > 
> > The dev_attrs list will go away after all in-kernel users are converted
> > to use dev_groups.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> Nice one ... that solves my problem.

Thanks, I'll work on 'struct bus_type' next, moving that to only use
groups, but that's not as important from what I can tell, busses don't
seem to abuse sysfs as bad as drivers and devices do :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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