Re: [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 08:50:07PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > [PATCH] PCI: add modalias sysfs file for pci devices
> [With similar patch and $MODALIAS in hotplug path stuff
>  submitted for USB]
> 
> Speaking of all this...  While the two (USB and PCI) are
> most important nowadays...  Hmm, so probably all other
> similar "busses", like PCMCIA, even bluetooth, and "not
> so obvious ones" like IDE and SCSI, and PNP&EISA -- this
> same approach may be used for all, providing device/modalias
> file for all (scsi:t0 for sd_mod etc), and $MODALIAS for
> hotpluggable ones, with appropriate .modalias in modules...
> 
> I mean, are we on the way to converting just everything
> into this modalias thing, so that hotplug/modloading will
> be just one-liner?

Yes, care to make up patches for these other busses?

thanks,

greg k-h
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