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Message-ID: <20140301004237.GB30634@kroah.com> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:42:37 -0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT v3 1/9] drivers: base: add new class "cpu" to group cpu devices On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 04:06:08PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote: > From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> > > This patch creates a new class called "cpu" and assigns it to all the > cpu devices. This helps in grouping all the cpu devices and associated > child devices under the same class. > > This patch also: > 1. modifies the get_parent_device to return the legacy path > (/sys/devices/system/cpu/..) for the cpu class devices to support > existing sysfs ABI > 2. avoids creating link in the class directory pointing to the device as > there would be per-cpu instance of these devices with the same name > 3. makes sure subsystem symlink continues pointing to cpu bus instead of > cpu class for cpu devices > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Does the sysfs layout change at all with this patch applied? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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