Re: [Patch -mm 2/5] driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device to a new parent.

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On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 11:32:08AM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> From: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
> 
> Provide a function device_move() to move a device to a new parent device. Add
> auxilliary functions kobject_move() and sysfs_move_dir().

At first glance, this looks sane, but for the kobject_move function, we
are not notifying userspace that something has changed here.

Is that ok?

How will udev and HAL handle something like this without being told
about it?  When the device eventually goes away, I think they will be
very confused.

thanks,

greg k-h
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