Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:56:23 -0700 | From | Andrew Vasquez <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2] qla2xxx: Correct compilation issues when CONFIG_MOUDLES=n. |
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On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 05:38:08PM -0700, Andrew Vasquez wrote: > > Randy Dunlap noted: > > > > when CONFIG_MODULES=n: > > > > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c:2685: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > > > in > > > > kobject_uevent_env(&(&vha->hw->pdev->driver->driver)->owner->mkobj.kobj, > > KOBJ_CHANGE, envp); > > > > Trigger kobject event on the 'struct device' hanging off the pci_dev. > > Um, why? What are you trying to do here? kobject change should not be > for a device, or a "normal" kobject. > > What do you expect userspace to do with this? Where have you documented > it?
The purpose was described here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/54155
Basically we'd like to instruct user-space to retrieve a blob of data automatically. Original implementation used the kboject hanging off the module which does not exist when CONFIG_MODULES=n. It was suggested that perhaps an alternative would be to use 'struct device' kobj. Any tips on how to trigger such a driver-specific event, perhaps a dedicated kobject exported by the driver itself???
> confused,
anch'io...
Thanks, AV
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