On Mon 2009-08-31 16:48:57, Zhang Rui wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 16:34 +0800, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ > > > +What: /sys/class/als/als[0-N]/desc > > > +Date: Aug. 2009 > > > +KernelVersion: 2.6.32 > > > +Contact: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> > > > +Description: Strings which descibes the current Ambient Light Sensor > > > + device. This is given by native ALS driver as part of > > > + registration. e.g: "acpi_als" for ACPI ALS devices. > > > + RO > > > > Normal way to do that (backlight class does it, for example) is to > > have acpi_als instead of als0, and get rid of desc field. > > IMO, both are okay, hard to say which is preferred. > Other sysfs classes like scsi_host, hwmon, input use this as well. > and you don't have a really strong objection to this, right? :) Actually I do. Inventing nonsensical als17 name, then having helpful desc explaining it is acpi_als is pretty ugly... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
