[PATCH v2] staging: most: Eliminate usage of symbolic permissions

Christian Gromm christian.gromm at microchip.com
Thu Dec 1 09:20:47 UTC 2016


On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 09:56:11 +0100
Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 09:50:12AM +0100, Christian Gromm wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 08:00:57 +0100
> > Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:48:32PM -0700, Jason Litzinger wrote:
> > > > > This is fine, but the fact that the most subsystem feels like it has to
> > > > > have its own attribute type is the big problem with this file, that
> > > > > should not be needed at all, and hopefully will be fixed up someday soon
> > > > > (i.e. it's a requirement before it can get out of staging...)
> > 
> > That's interesting. We still need to set up a strategy to get this driver
> > out of staging one day, as we decided on the ELCE 2015 in Dublin. A good
> > starting point would be a list of requirements that need to be met to
> > achieve this goal.
> > 
> > Does this make sense?
> 
> Yes, and starting with cleaning up the kobject mess would be a good
> first item for that list :)

And what "kobject mess" exactly is it that you're talking about?
The kobjects to hook things up in sysfs?

regards,
Chris

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h



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