Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjorn Helgaas <> | Subject | Re: char/tpm: tpm_infineon no longer loaded for HP 2510p laptop | Date | Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:23 -0600 |
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On Thursday 21 August 2008 03:18:33 pm Kay Sievers wrote: > Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > >Is there a "complete idiot's guide to modules > >and udev"? There's precious little in Documentation/ other than a bunch > >of sample rules for various subsystems. > > I don't know of any specific documentation, but it's pretty easy: > ...
Thanks for the tutorial.
> >Could I fix this by implementing pnp_device_uevent()? > > Only if we change the format of the current pnp device aliases > to something like: > pnp*:XYZ2324:* > pnp*:ABC1234:* > > and create a "modalias" file at every pnp device, and add MODALIAS to > the uevent. The modalias must contains all ID's which belong to that > device in one single string, separated and terminated by a special > character, something like: > pnp:ABC1234:XYZ2324:RST3445:
This all sounds like good stuff that I'd like PNP to have. Is there any reason I shouldn't implement pnp_device_uevent()? Any backwards- compatibility issues?
I think that sounds like a better solution than doing this PNP ID mangling.
Bjorn
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