Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:38:50 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHSET 3/4] sysfs: divorce sysfs from kobject and driver model |
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Greg KH wrote:
> The rules for sysfs files are the following: > - one value, in text format, per file. > - no action apon open/close > - binary files are only allowed for "pass-through" type files > that the kernel does not touch (like for firmware and pci > config space) > - directories should be associated with a kobject where it makes > sense (no nesting deep subdirectories without a kobject > present)
You have to stretch this a little for the power/ subdirectory every device gets. The only kobject it corresponds to is the one in the device, which already corresponds to the parent directory.
Alan Stern
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