linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/15] sysfs: Implement sysfs tagged directory support.

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Message-ID: <m1tzdgw4u1.fsf@frodo.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:58:14 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@...l.net>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/15] sysfs: Implement sysfs tagged directory support.

Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 06:16:08PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> 
>> The problem.  When implementing a network namespace I need to be able
>> to have multiple network devices with the same name.  Currently this
>> is a problem for /sys/class/net/*, /sys/devices/virtual/net/*, and
>> potentially a few other directories of the form /sys/ ... /net/*.
>
> <snip>
>
> I applied the patches up to here (well, patch 8 was no longer needed at
> all anymore), but this one doesn't apply at all.
>
> Care to respin these last few patches?

Sounds like a plan.

Looks like we are just talking about the driver core patches so while a pain
it actually should not be too hard.

I will get a copy of your gregkh tree from kernel.org tomorrow and see
what I can do.

Eric
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