Re: [RFC] Changes to the driver model class code.

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Mar 17 2005 - 02:03:29 EST


On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 06:16:19PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:08:34 -0800, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > There are 4 patches being posted here in response to this message that
> > start us on the way toward cleaning up the driver model code so that
> > it's actually usable by mere kernel developers :)
>
> Is this going to let me make subdirectories in /sys/class/xxx
> directories that generate hotplug events?

Not yet, no, sorry.

> One example:
> /sys/class/graphics/fb0/monitor(edid)
>
> If the monitor is hotplugged the monitor directory will be
> created/destroyed causing a hotplug event.

That would be a good thing, on the todo list...

greg k-h
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