linux-kernel - Aw: Re: [PATCH 0/5] HID: roccat: Achieve userspace notification on sysfs attribute creation

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Message-ID: <2069123096.22885.1291902246397.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail07.arcor-online.net>
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:44:06 +0100 (CET)
From:	Stefan Achatz <erazor_de@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	jkosina@...e.cz, erazor_de@...rs.sourceforge.net
Cc:	rdunlap@...otime.net, gregkh@...e.de, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Aw: Re: [PATCH 0/5] HID: roccat: Achieve userspace notification on
 sysfs attribute creation

 


----- Original Nachricht ----
Von:     Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
An:      Stefan Achatz <erazor_de@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Datum:   09.12.2010 14:30
Betreff: Re: [PATCH 0/5] HID: roccat: Achieve userspace notification on sysfs
 attribute creation

> On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, Stefan Achatz wrote:
> 
> > Adding sysfs attributes to an already created device raises no userland
> > notification.
> > 
> > Instead of fiddling around in the depths of busses and devices I reuse
> the
> > event char device (module hid-roccat). This device gets now created with
> > a hardware specific class that contains the device attributes.
> 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> I have applied the series, and removed the #pragma pack ugliness. Thanks,

Hello Jiri,
Using my patch replacing the #pragma pack with the __packed macro would have saved you some time:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/27/14

Just for the future: Whats better using the verbose version __attribute__ ((__packed__)) or the macro
__packed as I did?

Thanks, Stefan
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