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Message-ID: <20090918060636.GF7104@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:06:36 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] driver core: introduce devtmpfs_wait_for_dev() v1

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:01:13PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> 2009/8/6  <tom.leiming@...il.com>:
> > From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> >
> > This patch introduces devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(), which is based on devtmpfs
> > and can be used to remove polling for root device before mounting rootfs.
> >
> > This patch also gives a generic and simple way to wait for a device in
> > kernel mode based on devtmpfs.
> >
> > This version takes Kay Sievers's suggestion: pass relative path to
> > devtmpfs_wait_for_dev(), for devtmpfs has no clue where it is
> > mounted.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> 
> Hi, Greg
> 
> Since devtmpfs has been merged into mainline, would you mind
> queuing  the 2 patches into your tree now?

Will do, when the linux-next tree opens back up for .33 patches.

thanks,

greg k-h
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