On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 07:07:18AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in the current version of the header file kobject.h, there's this > comment: > > /** > * struct kset - a set of kobjects of a specific type, belonging to a specific subsystem. > * > * A kset defines a group of kobjects. They can be individually > * different "types" but overall these kobjects all want to be grouped > * together and operated on in the same manner. ksets are used to > * define the attribute callbacks and other common events that happen to > * a kobject. > ... snip ... > > that seems contradictory. the first line suggests that all the > kobjects in a kset are of a specific type, Yes. > yet that comment goes on to > suggest that they can be "individually" different types. Yes. > can someone clarify this? Have you read Documentation/kobjects.txt first? > rday > > p.s. and i'm thinking that the reference to a "subsystem" could be > amended since actual subsystems don't exist anymore. i may have > another question about that shortly. No, we use "subsystem" to define either a bus or class as they are the same thing in the end. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
