linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ibmebus/of_platform: Move "name" sysfs attribute into generic OF devices

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:29:27 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Joachim Fenkes <FENKES@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Alexander Schmidt1 <ALEXSCHM@...ibm.com>,
	Christoph Raisch <RAISCH@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hoang-Nam Nguyen <HNGUYEN@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"LinuxPPC-Dev" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>,
	Paul Mackerras <pmac@....ibm.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmebus/of_platform: Move "name" sysfs attribute into generic
 OF devices

Joachim Fenkes writes:

> > Is this a bugfix that is needed for 2.6.27?
> 
> Yes, definitely. The eHCA userspace driver relies on the name attribute to 
> check for valid adapters (it checks that the name is "lhca"), so with the 
> name attribute gone, eHCA userspace will cease to work.

OK, I'll put it in.  Please, in future, always say explicitly if you
think a patch needs to go in to the kernel we're currently
stablizing.  Otherwise, I'll generally assume it's for the next merge
window.

Paul.
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