Re: [PATCH] driver core: Add the ability to unbind drivers to devices from userspace

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Greg KH wrote:

> This adds a single file, "unbind", to the sysfs directory of every
> device that is currently bound to a driver.  To unbind the driver from
> the device, write anything to this file and they will be disconnected
> from each other.

Do you think it would be better to put the 'unbind' file in the driver's
directory and have it accept the bus ID of a device that it's bound to?
This would make it more similar to the complementary 'bind' functionality.

	Pat
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