Re: [PATCH] MMC host class

From: Russell King
Date: Fri Aug 19 2005 - 02:49:32 EST


On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:14:27AM +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> * Things that assume there's a name for every kobject.

The name is assigned when the host is added to the mmc subsystem,
not when it's allocated. This is the same behaviour as other
subsystems (eg, networking) and I don't see a problem with that.

> * Things that assume that a kobject's name cannot change.

The mmc host name will never change once its initially set.

> Otherwise I'm just waiting to see this committed.

Post 2.6.13, probably at akpm's discression. As I mentioned in other
mails, I will be away from kernel work next week, which is probably
when 2.6.13 will be released.

--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core
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