linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/15] vmbus: make sysfs names consistent with PCI

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 06:43:50 -0600
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, leann.ogasawara@...onical.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] vmbus: make sysfs names consistent with PCI

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 12:41:47AM -0700, kys@...hange.microsoft.com wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> 
> In commit 9a56e5d6a0ba ("Drivers: hv: make VMBus bus ids persistent")
> the name of vmbus devices in sysfs changed to be (in 4.9-rc1):
>   /sys/bus/vmbus/vmbus-6aebe374-9ba0-11e6-933c-00259086b36b
> 
> The prefix ("vmbus-") is redundant and differs from how PCI is
> represented in sysfs. Therefore simplify to:
>   /sys/bus/vmbus/6aebe374-9ba0-11e6-933c-00259086b36b
> 
> Please merge this before 4.9 is released and the old format
> has to live forever.

Why have you included this in a patchset that will not get merged until
4.10-rc1???

You want this in 4.9, right?

confused,

greg k-h