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diff --git a/patches/collateral-evolutions/generic/0001-group-attr/INFO b/patches/collateral-evolutions/generic/0001-group-attr/INFO new file mode 100644 index 00000000..87590d5c --- /dev/null +++ b/patches/collateral-evolutions/generic/0001-group-attr/INFO @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +The new attribute sysfs group was added via these commits: + +mcgrof@ergon ~/linux (git::master)$ git describe --contains f2f37f58b +v3.11-rc2~18^2~9 +mcgrof@ergon ~/linux (git::master)$ git describe --contains 3493f69f4 +v3.11-rc2~18^2~2 + +We backport them with our own respective set of helpers. Each new data +structure that gets an attribute group needs a respective SmPL set of +rules for the transformation. We might be able to share the rules for +lookup / indexing between rules some how. These lookup reveal would +be used for inherent structural searches, pivots, if you will. + +The changes that added the new APIs: + +commit f2f37f58b1b933b06d6d84e80a31a1b500fb0db2 +Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> +Date: Sun Jul 14 16:05:52 2013 -0700 + + sysfs.h: add ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS() macro + + To make it easier for driver subsystems to work with attribute groups, + create the ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS macro to remove some of the repetitive + typing for the most common use for attribute groups. + + Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> + Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> + Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> + +commit 3493f69f4c4e8703961919a9a56c2d2e6a25b46f +Author: Oliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl> +Date: Sun Jul 14 16:05:59 2013 -0700 + + sysfs: add more helper macro's for (bin_)attribute(_groups) + + With the recent changes to sysfs there's various helper macro's. + However there's no RW, RO BIN_ helper macro's. This patch adds them. + + Signed-off-by: Oliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl> + Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |