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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 01/10] Driver core and sysfs changes for attribute groups
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 04:05:50PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is the third iteration of the patchset to add better attribute
> group support to the driver core and sysfs.
>
> Others have now tested it, and we got 3 more patches fixing a warning
> that was showing up when binary attributes were in a group with no
> "normal" attributes, and some more helper macros were added and cleaned
> up.
>
> I've booted this successfully against 3.11-rc1 with no problems (am
> sending these from that machine.)
>
> Ian, I didn't add a DEVICE_PATTR() macro yet, that can come later. I
> considered it, but that would also mean a BUS_PATTR() and the like, which I
> guess works, but I hate even a _hint_ of "Hungarian" notation, which this
> implies.
>
> Anyone else have a better name for this macro:
> #define DEVICE_PATTR(_name) &dev_attr_##_name.attr
> that they can think of? It will cut down on the typing done for
> attribute lists.
>
> changes from v3:
> - tested by Guenter
> - patches from Oliver added
> - refreshed on 3.11-rc1 (minor fuzz)
> - Ian glanced at them.
>
> changes from v2:
> - actually boots
> - 7th patch added properly
> - added BUS_ATTR, CLASS_ATTR, and DRIVER_ATTR RW and RO macros
> to help with converting code to use attributes properly.
>
Hi Greg,

thanks a lot for this series of patches, and for pushing it upstream.

Do you by any chance have a repository for the cleanup patches depending on this
series ? It looks like a good area to get involved with when I am tired/annoyed
by my other work, but I would not want to duplicate your work.

Thanks,
Guenter


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