Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:21:11 -0600 | From | Jim Cromie <> | Subject | Re: RFC-patch - make sysfs_create_group skip members with attr.mode == 0 |
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Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Friday 18 August 2006 00:25, Jim Cromie wrote: > >> With this patch, atts 4..N can be disabled at runtime, >> by setting mode = 0. Afterwards, when sysfs_group_create >> is called, it creates attr-files *only* for those whose >> mode != 0. IOW - no attr-files for non-existent hardware. >> Normally, mode is set usefully, and attr-files >> are created as normal. >> >> patch trimmed > > Unfortunately this does not work too well if your box happen to have > 2 or more different chips served by the same driver as you fiddle with > the static array of attributes shared by all device instances. > >
Ack, yes. Thats become clear over on lm-sensors. Kinda spoils the supposed generality..
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