Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:30:57 +0100 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] [RFC] New sysfs tree for hotplug |
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On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 09:18:16PM +0900, Keiichiro Tokunaga wrote: > That's right. /sys/devices/hotplug/ACPI/ tree becomes hard-wired one. I was > thinking to define the board by using ACPI (as a "generic container device" in > ACPI namespace). Therefore, if there is the new tree I proposed in the kernel, > it would be easy to represent the hierarchy, and a directory for the board > appears in the new tree. So I thought that we could put an control file to > invoke the board hotplug and an information file under the directory. > (Actually, I've made a rough patch for the new tree and it seems to work fine:) > I also thought that interface for hotplug could be unified so that it would become > easier for user to use.
Have you seen Alex Williamson's patch to fill out the /sys/firmware/acpi tree? http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108239031314885&w=2
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