From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030363AbVLOCrR (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030384AbVLOCrR (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:17 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:11928 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030363AbVLOCrL (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:11 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:07 -0500 From: Bill Nottingham To: Greg KH Cc: Pete Zaitcev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, katzj@redhat.com Subject: Re: "block" symlink in sysfs for a multifunction device Message-ID: <20051215024707.GA3097@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , Pete Zaitcev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, katzj@redhat.com References: <20051212134904.225dcc5d.zaitcev@redhat.com> <20051214055019.GA23036@kroah.com> <20051214152615.13b6b105.zaitcev@redhat.com> <20051214234255.GA3275@kroah.com> <20051214161018.254e75bb.zaitcev@redhat.com> <20051215004434.GA4148@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051215004434.GA4148@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg KH (greg@kroah.com) said: > I don't understand, what exactly would you like to see in the block > device's device directory? With this patch, we correctly point back to > all of the different block devices controlled by this device. > > I'm curious as to why kudzu even cares about this? Actually, it shouldn't be a problem. > And, how does it handle things like mult-port serial devices, which have > all of the multiple class device symlinks in one single device > directory, just like this. Ignores them entirely, of course. (kudzu at this point is used solely in the installer.) Bill