Re: [PATCH v2] staging: most: Eliminate usage of symbolic permissions

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On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:48:32PM -0700, Jason Litzinger wrote:
> > This is fine, but the fact that the most subsystem feels like it has to
> > have its own attribute type is the big problem with this file, that
> > should not be needed at all, and hopefully will be fixed up someday soon
> > (i.e. it's a requirement before it can get out of staging...)
> Ok, couple follow up questions.
> 
> Something like struct device/DEVICE_ATTR_* (or something that exists
> already) to expose the same functionality?

Yes, that is correct.

> I'm happy to iterate patches to address this, but, Christian, do you already
> have a plan/patchset in the works?  I haven't come across a prior
> discussion of this in the mailing list, but I may have missed it in my
> search.

It's a non-trivial change, and it requires you to understand the driver
model code a bunch to make a new bus type and register devices to it.
If you have questions about it, let me know.

good luck!

greg k-h
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