linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio: fix format of sysfs driver/vendor files

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Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:21:25 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: fix format of sysfs driver/vendor files

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:50:29 pm Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The sysfs files for virtio produce the wrong format and are missing
> the required newline. The output for virtio bus vendor/device should
> have the same format as the corresponding entries for PCI devices.
> 
> Although this technically changes the ABI for sysfs, these files were
> broken to start with!

Agreed, and I don't think anyone currently uses them.

Applied,
Rusty.
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