netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix another namespace issue with devices assigned to classes

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Date:	Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:27:40 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix another namespace issue with devices assigned
 to  classes

On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 14:54 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:

> > I see you remove the driver. Does this mean that in sysfs these devices
> > wouldn't have a driver symlink? ISTR that we needed that for userspace,
> > but I'm not entirely sure, and I don't have all the relevant userspace
> > in my test setup.
> 
> Yeah, if you need the driver, you need to use bus device, as you do
> now. The driver needs to be registered with the core, and the probe
> function needs to tell to bind to the devices while registered. You
> can not manually assign this.

So I spoke to Jouni and he says that he doesn't remember needing the
driver, so I guess we don't care. Can I get you to submit that patch
properly? Send it to linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org please.

johannes

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