On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:42:48PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > On Dec 12, 2007 10:40 AM, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:49:09 +0000 "Huang, Ying" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This patch export the boot parameters via sysfs. This can be used for > > > debugging and kexec. > > > > > > The files added are as follow: > > > > > > /sys/kernel/boot_params/data : binary file for struct boot_params > > > /sys/kernel/boot_params/version : boot protocol version > > > > Your patch uses kobject_create_and_register() which was added in Greg's > > driver tree as of 2.6.24-rc4-mm1. > > > > However for some reason kobject_create_and_register() has magically vanished > > from Greg's current driver tree so I cannot carry this patch, sorry. > > Seems kobject_create_and_register would be replaced by > kobject_create_and_add, and the uevent handling would be separated > from original create_and_register onefunction. > > wait for greg's patches or modify to use: > > kobject_init > kobject_add > kobject_uevent > > BTW, I suspect whether the uevent is really needed for boot_params object.
Oh, if you want, I'd be glad to add this to my tree as I am messing with the kobject API a lot and I don't mind keeping it with the other kobject patches so that it is known to work properly :) Just forward it on to me if you want me to fix it up and add it to my tree. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
