Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: patch for sysfs in the cyclades driver | Date | Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:55:51 -0600 | From | "Kilau, Scott" <> |
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Hi Greg, all,
> What's wrong with the kobject in /sys/class/tty/ which has one object > per port? I think we might not be exporting that class_device > structure, but I would not have a problem with doing that. > greg k-h
Using the simple class tty kobject that tty_io.c keeps might work for my needs.
However, there is one thing that stopped me from using it earlier...
The naming of the directory (tty name) in /sys/class/tty is forced to be: "sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name, index + driver->name_base);"
Is it possible we could change this to be more relaxed about the naming scheme?
Maybe we can allow a "custom" name to be sent into the tty_register_device() call? Like add another option parameter called "custom_name" that if non-NULL, is used instead of the derived name?
Scott Kilau Digi International
-----Original Message----- From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 8:28 PM To: Kilau, Scott Cc: germano.barreiro@cyclades.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patch for sysfs in the cyclades driver
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:51:33PM -0600, Kilau, Scott wrote: > I know you have done work on USB serial drivers with devices with > multiple ports... > Is there any way to create a file in sys that can point back to a port, > and NOT the port's > parent (ie, the board) WITHOUT having to create a new kobject per port?
> What's wrong with the kobject in /sys/class/tty/ which has one object > per port? I think we might not be exporting that class_device > structure, but I would not have a problem with doing that. > greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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