[PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent"
Leave the overloaded "hotplug" word to susbsystems which are handling
real devices. The driver core does not "plug" anything, it just exports
the state to userspace and generates events.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 17cbc6d..0cdee78e 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
struct driver_attribute * drv_attrs;
int (*match)(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv);
- int (*hotplug) (struct device *dev, char **envp,
- int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+ int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp,
+ int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
int (*suspend)(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
int (*resume)(struct device * dev);
};
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
struct class_attribute * class_attrs;
struct class_device_attribute * class_dev_attrs;
- int (*hotplug)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
+ int (*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
void (*release)(struct class_device *dev);
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@
* set, this will be called instead of the class specific release function.
* Only use this if you want to override the default release function, like
* when you are nesting class_device structures.
- * @hotplug: pointer to a hotplug function for this struct class_device. If
- * set, this will be called instead of the class specific hotplug function.
- * Only use this if you want to override the default hotplug function, like
+ * @uevent: pointer to a uevent function for this struct class_device. If
+ * set, this will be called instead of the class specific uevent function.
+ * Only use this if you want to override the default uevent function, like
* when you are nesting class_device structures.
*/
struct class_device {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
struct class_device *parent; /* parent of this child device, if there is one */
void (*release)(struct class_device *dev);
- int (*hotplug)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
+ int (*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
char class_id[BUS_ID_SIZE]; /* unique to this class */
};