RE: patch for sysfs in the cyclades driver

[Germano]

I send my thanks to all too. Finally (I hope no new problems appear) the
exit of the maze :)


Em Qui, 2004-11-04 às 15:50, Kilau, Scott escreveu:
> > > and the implementation in in drivers/scsi/st.c, that there's no
> > > problem adding attributes to a device in a simple class.  You can
> just
> > > use class_set_devdata() on your class_device to set whatever context
> > > you need to get back to your internal structures, and then use
> > > class_device_create_file() to add the attributes.
> > > 
> > > I assume this is OK (since there is already one in-kernel driver
> doing
> > > it), but Greg, can you confirm that it's definitely OK for a driver
> to
> > > use class_set_devdata() on a class_device from
> class_simple_device_add()?
> 
> > Hm, I think that should be ok, but I'd make sure to test it before
> > verifying that it really is :)
> 
> I have just added this code and tested it, and indeed it *does* work!
> 
> So I will graciously redraw my comments from my previous email.
> It works, and this is definitely the way Germano and I should go in
> each of our respective drivers.
> 
> Thanks again for everyones comments/help!
> 
> Scott Kilau
> Digi International
> 

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