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SubjectRe: [RFC] Updates to sysfs_create_subdir()
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On Nov 28, 2005, at 15:49, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:56:29PM -0800, Patrick Mochel wrote:
>> The patch below addresses this issue by parsing the subdirectory
>> name and creating any parent directories delineated by a '/'.
>
> Generally I never liked parsing stuff like this in the kernel (proc
> and devfs both do this). That being said, I do see the need to
> make subdirs like this easier.
>
> But what about cleanups? If I create an attribute group "foo/baz/
> x/" and then remove it, will the subdirectories get cleaned up
> too? What about if I had created a group "foo/baz/y/" after the
> "x" one? Or just "foo/baz"?

If the kernel gets this, then udev needs to allow attributes with
more generic paths too. It would be nice if I could use this [Pulled
from the sample udev output halfway down this page: http://
www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#identify-sysfs].

BUS="scsi", SYSFS{../../../manufacturer}="Tekom Technologies, Inc",
NAME="my_camera"

Frequently the attributes one wants to filter by are spread out
through the tree, especially when they've been subdivided for clarity
as people seem to want to do.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

--
I lost interest in "blade servers" when I found they didn't throw
knives at people who weren't supposed to be in your machine room.
-- Anthony de Boer


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