[PATCH] php_phy_location.patch -- please review

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 01:49:26PM -0500, linas at austin.ibm.com wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 09:46:59AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 10:52:53PM -0500, Linda Xie wrote:
> > >
> > > pci_hotplug_core.c -- add  "phy_location" attribute for each php slot.
> >
> > Wait, no.  Why not just add the file for your driver alone, as it's the
> > only one wanting it.  Don't modify the core for this.
>
> OK, I'm confused: so, stupid question of the day:
>
> There was a udev thread in March called
> "Geographic naming of devices using Udev"
> which I pretty much ignored.
>
> So my stoopid, unrealistic question is "couldn't that framework
> be applied for this?"

udev names device nodes that show up in /dev.  It has nothing to do with
this, sorry.

greg k-h

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