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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/7] LinuxPPS core support.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 04:36:44AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it> wrote:
> > This patch adds the kernel side of the PPS support currently named
> > "LinuxPPS".
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/pps/sysfs.c b/drivers/pps/sysfs.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..c25c91c
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/pps/sysfs.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
>
> > +void pps_sysfs_remove_source_entry(struct pps_device *pps)
> > +{
> > + /* Delete info files */
> > + sysfs_remove_group(&pps->dev->kobj, &pps_group);
> > +}
> > +
> > +int pps_sysfs_create_source_entry(struct pps_device *pps)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + /* Create info files */
> > + ret = sysfs_create_group(&pps->dev->kobj, &pps_group);
>
> Any specific reason you are creating the group by hand, and not assign
> it to the default group in your class? It would will let the core
> handle it for you. The device add uevent to userspace will happen
> before you added the attributes, which is usually not nice.

No any specific reason... I just supposed it was the-right-think(TM)!
:)

Can you please suggest me an URL where I can see how to rework the
code?

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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