Re: [PATCH] Export smbios strings associated with onboard devices to sysfs

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On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 02:29:42PM -0600, Narendra K wrote:
> --- a/drivers/base/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
> @@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ static int device_add_attrs(struct bus_type *bus, struct device *dev)
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; attr_name(bus->dev_attrs[i]); i++) {
> +		/* if the device does not have an associated smbios string in the smbios table, do not create this attribute */ 
> +		if (!(strcmp(attr_name(bus->dev_attrs[i]), "smbiosname"))) {
> +			if (!smbiosname_string_is_valid(dev, NULL)) 
> +				continue;
> +		}

Um, no, you can not modify the driver core for stuff like this.  Do it
in your driver or class specific code, as that is where it is supposed
to be.

good luck,

greg k-h
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