Messages in this thread | | | From | Matt_Domsch@Dell ... | Subject | RE: [RFC][PATCH] x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling | Date | Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:09:32 -0500 |
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> The next logical extension would be to make a symlink 'disk' in each > directory that points at the PCI > bus:dev.fn/scsiX/a:b:c:d:disk file for the > appropriate disk. However, I'm in a quandry... There's no > simple way to do this.
Or is there? :-)
Patrick, in drivers/base/core.c, there's this concept of platform_notify() and platform_notify_remove(). Could I exploit this to get callbacks to the EDD code to create a symlink at that point? These aren't exported to modules ATM, and I could see how multiple things may want to use this hook - so instead, how about notifier lists (ala reboot notifiers) that the EDD code could register with, instead of a single entry? As a list, modules could add/remove themselves easily.
Then, one more request - giving back the ability to make a symlink given the device, not just a name.
Thanks, Matt
-- Matt Domsch Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer, Architect Dell Linux Solutions www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com
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