Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:51:42 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 03:05:49AM -0500, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:01:48AM -0500, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > > > sysfs doesn't do quite that level of categorization; if it did, cdrom_id > > > would be unnecessary. > > > > What? cdrom_id queries the device directly to get some specific > > information about the device, much like any other type of device query > > (lspci, lsusb, etc.) > > > > And yes, it would be nice if some of that information was also exported > > through sysfs, and as always, patches are gladly accpeted. > > Are there guidelines on having a generic cdrom export information from its > block interface, rather than through its bus? I'm not finding any > documentation of sys/block/, aside from that it exists.
That information should go into the device directory, not the sys/block directory (as it referrs to the device attributes, not the block gendev attributes.)
thanks,
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