Re: [PATCH] wmi: Set wmi devices' parents

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On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 03:09:29PM +0100, Rafael Wysocki wrote:
>> On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 05:28:54 PM Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:25:30AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> > >> Without this patch, wmi devices are in /sys/virtual/wmi.  They're
>> > >> logically children of the ACPI WMI device, so slot them into the
>> > >> device hierarchy.  With this change, on my laptop, they end up in
>> > >> /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C14:00/wmi and
>> > >> /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C14:01/wmi.
>> > >>
>> > >> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > > I'd like to hear from some of the main contributors to this driver:
>> > >
>> > > Matthew?
>> > > Carlos?
>> > > Len?
>> > >
>> > > Any cocnerns on this change?
>> > >
>> > > My initial concern is about changign how we expose this to userspace, but I
>> > > believe where it appears in the /sys/devices FS is NOT part of the
>> > > kernel-userspace interface commitment (per sysfs-rules.txt).
>> >
>> >
>> > Let's drop this, actually.  I have mostly-working patches to make wmi
>> > into an actual bus driver, and this intermediate step seems like it'll
>> > just confuse people.
>> >
>> > Question, though: where do the WMI devices belong?  Multiple choice:
>> >
>> > /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C14:01/[GUID]
>> >
>> > /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C14:01/wmi/[GUID]
>> >
>> > /sys/devices/platform/PNP0C14:01/[GUID]
>> >
>> > /sys/devices/platform/PNP0C14:01/wmi/[GUID]
>> >
>> > Currently I've implemented the first one because it's the smallest diff.
>>
>> That probably is not the right choice, though.
>>
>> ACPI "devices" are counterparts of DT device nodes and having other things
>> exported under them would be quite confusing.  In fact, you can argue that
>> the whole /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/ directory should be located under
>> /sys/firmware/acpi, but it turns out to be difficult to move it there
>> for various reasons.
>>
>> Personally, I'd go for the last one.
>
> That looks like a logical place to me.

I have a monstrous patch set queued up for this.  I still need to work
out some kinks, but I hope to have it ready to send in the next couple
days.

--Andy
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