Re: RFC-patch - make sysfs_create_group skip members with attr.mode== 0

[Jim Cromie]

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Friday 18 August 2006 00:25, Jim Cromie wrote:
>   
> > With this patch, atts 4..N can be disabled at runtime,
> > by setting mode = 0.  Afterwards, when sysfs_group_create
> > is called, it creates attr-files *only* for those whose
> > mode != 0.  IOW - no attr-files for non-existent hardware.
> > Normally, mode is set usefully, and attr-files
> > are created as normal.
> >
> >     
patch trimmed
> Unfortunately this does not work too well if your box happen to have
> 2 or more different chips served by the same driver as you fiddle with
> the static array of attributes shared by all device instances.
>
>   

Ack, yes.  Thats become clear over on lm-sensors.
Kinda spoils the supposed generality..

thanks
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