Re: [PATCH 10/28] SERIO: add the sysfs driver name to all modules

On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 12:20:05PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On 2/7/07, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:
> >From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> >
> >This adds the module name to all SERIO drivers, if they are built into
> >the kernel or not.  It will show up in /sys/modules/MODULE_NAME/drivers/
> >
> 
> What is this needed for?

All modules show up today in /sys/module/ no matter if they are built
into the kernel or not.

But, if they are built as a module, the /sys/module/drivers/ link was
present.  This is not consistant, as we always want to see that link, no
matter if the driver is built in or not.  So with this change, we now
always see the links.

I also fixed the PCI and USB drivers to do this as well.

Hope this helps explain it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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References:
- [PATCH 2/28] Driver core: convert pcmcia code to use struct device
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 3/28] Driver core: convert SPI code to use struct device
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 4/28] Network: convert network devices to use struct device instead of class_device
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 5/28] driver core: Remove device_is_registered() in device_move().
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 6/28] driver core: Allow device_move(dev, NULL).
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 7/28] MODULES: add the module name for built in kernel drivers
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 8/28] Modules: only add drivers/ direcory if needed
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 9/28] PCI: add the sysfs driver name to all modules
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 10/28] SERIO: add the sysfs driver name to all modules
  - From: Greg KH <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH 10/28] SERIO: add the sysfs driver name to all modules
  - From: "Dmitry Torokhov" <[email protected]>

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