Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ibmebus/of_platform: Move "name" sysfs attribute into generic OF devices | From | Joachim Fenkes <> | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:52:07 +0200 |
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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote on 19.08.2008 06:14:00:
> > Recent of_platform changes made of_bus_type_init() overwrite the bus type's > > .dev_attrs list, so move ibmebus' "name" attribute (which is needed by eHCA > > userspace support) into generic OF device code. Tested on POWER. > > Is this a bugfix that is needed for 2.6.27?
Yes, definitely. The eHCA userspace driver relies on the name attribute to check for valid adapters (it checks that the name is "lhca"), so with the name attribute gone, eHCA userspace will cease to work.
Regards, Joachim
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