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SubjectRe: [Patch -mm 2/2] driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device to a new parent.
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:23:38 -0800,
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 05:47:37PM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 15:42 +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > > From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
> > >
> > > Provide a function device_move() to move a device to a new parent device. Add
> > > auxilliary functions kobject_move() and sysfs_move_dir().
> > > kobject_move() generates a new uevent of type KOBJ_MOVE, containing the
> > > previous path (OLD_DEVPATH) in addition to the usual values.
> >
> > > + sprintf(devpath_string, "OLD_DEVPATH=%s", devpath);
> >
> > I think it's easier to understand, if the variable starts with the same
> > string as original name. I prefer DEVPATH_OLD.
> >
> > > +void kobject_uevent_extended(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
> > > + const char *string)
> >
> > I think we should pass an array of env vars here instead of a single
> > string - you never know ... :) The function could probably be named
> > kobject_uevent_env() then.
>
> I agree, care to respin these?

OK, makes sense. I'll post a new one today.

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Cornelia Huck
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