From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270944AbTGPQIU (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:08:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270945AbTGPQIU (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:08:20 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:17843 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270944AbTGPQIR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:08:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:23:15 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mark McClelland Cc: Gerd Knorr , Kernel List , video4linux list Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] sysfs'ify video4linux Message-ID: <20030716162315.GA7500@kroah.com> References: <20030715143119.GB14133@bytesex.org> <20030715212714.GB5458@kroah.com> <3F15540E.2040405@alpha.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F15540E.2040405@alpha.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 06:33:02AM -0700, Mark McClelland wrote: > > Is there a convention for naming driver-specific files in /sys? E.g.: > ov511_foo, _foo, etc...? I don't want to pollute the namespace. You get your own subdirectory to play in, so there really isn't much you can do to hurt the namespace :) That being said, stay away from files named "device", "driver", and "dev". They are used by the driver core (well, "dev" isn't, but each class provides it...). Just remember, one value per file and everyone will be happy. thanks, greg k-h