linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 06/10] RapidIO: Modify sysfs initialization for switches

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Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:38:32 -0700
From:	"Bounine, Alexandre" <Alexandre.Bounine@....com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"Thomas Moll" <thomas.moll@...go.com>,
	"Matt Porter" <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"Li Yang" <leoli@...escale.com>,
	"Kumar Gala" <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"Micha Nelissen" <micha@...i.hopto.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 06/10] RapidIO: Modify sysfs initialization for switches

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
 
> This is also a non-back compatible userspace-visible change?

This should be a safe change because endpoints do not have a routing
table.
RapidIO differentiates devices by using naming templates for switches
and endpoints (":s:" and ":e:") and this indicates which device features
are available to a userspace application.   

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