On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 11:57:29PM +0100, Patrick wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:18:08PM +0000, PAtrick Gerber wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I am working with kobject, kset and sysfs. I need, to show a complexe > > > hierarchie, to add some kset in a kset. For that I use kobject > > > embedded in the kset: > > > > > > child_kset = kset_create_and_add(name, NULL, &parent_kset->kobj); > > > > Yeah, that would work, but what are you really trying to show here? > > > > I just want to show how I am creating a kset and associate it with a parent. > > > > This is working fine but the child kset created is not added in the > > > child list of the parent kset. When I add a kobject in a kset I set > > > the kset field of the kobject for that, but I can't touch the kobject > > > embedded in a kset... > > > > You shouldn't touch the kobject within a kset, that's "private". > > I know that I shouldn't touch the kobject embedded in a kset (I have read so > many docs from you about that ;-) this is why I ask here. Heh :) > > What specifically are you trying to do here? Using ksets directly is > > usually not something that anyone should be doing. > > > > I am creating a special driver for "showing" the internal status of a FPGA. > This FPGA is dynamically reconfigured with different block from different > level. I was thinking that I can represent the internal hierarchy of the > design inside the FPGA by different directories and files in sysfs. So I > have decided, perhaps wrongly, that I need to use some kobject for each part > of the design and some kset for construct the hierarchy. > > I need to keep a reference on each kobject created so (for me) kset was the > perfect object to use. Maybe my approach is not so good? Perhaps, it sounds sane, but why do you want to nest ksets? Take a look at how the driver model handles stuff like this, if you need an example. good luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
