netdev - Re: [PATCH] atm: correct sysfs 'device' link creation and parent relationships

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Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:11:21 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kay.sievers@...y.org
Cc:	dcbw@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, duncan.sands@...e.fr,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, chas@....nrl.navy.mil
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atm: correct sysfs 'device' link creation and parent
 relationships

From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 08:35:53 +0100

> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 23:17, Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com> wrote:
>> The ATM subsystem was incorrectly creating the 'device' link for ATM
>> nodes in sysfs.  This led to incorrect device/parent relationships
>> exposed by sysfs and udev.  Instead of rolling the 'device' link by hand
>> in the generic ATM code, pass each ATM driver's bus device down to the
>> sysfs code and let sysfs do this stuff correctly.
> 
> Looks good to me.

I've applied this to net-2.6, thanks Dan.
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