netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc1] ehea: dynamic add / remove port

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:04:58 -0600
From:	John Rose <johnrose@...tin.ibm.com>
To:	Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Christoph Raisch <RAISCH@...ibm.com>,
	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Marcus Eder <MEDER@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>, stefan.roscher@...ibm.com,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...tin.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc1] ehea: dynamic add / remove port

> Second, the probe and remove functions do not communicate whether an add
> or remove was successful.  Combine this with the lack of port
> information in the adapter sysfs directory, and the userspace tool has
> no way of verifying a dynamic add/remove.

One way to communicate a return code is by making the sysfs interface
file read/write, and having the read callback give a return code.  For
an example of this, you can look at drivers/pci/rpadlpar_sysfs.c and
rpadlpar_core.c.

It would still be nice to have some way from the adapter sysfs directory
to list/examine logical ports.  Symlinks would work, but it would be
even nicer to have a new kobject per port with attribute files for
logical id, state, etc.

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