Driver core: add device_type to struct device
This allows us to add type specific attributes, uevent vars and
release funtions.
A subsystem can carry different types of devices like the "block"
subsys has disks and partitions. Both types create a different set
of attributes, but belong to the same subsystem.
This corresponds to the low level objects:
kobject -> device (object/device data)
kobj_type -> device_type (type of object/device we are embedded in)
kset -> class/bus (list of objects/devices of a subsystem)
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index da722191..e1e164f 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -328,6 +328,13 @@
__attribute__((format(printf,5,6)));
extern void class_device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
+struct device_type {
+ struct device_attribute *attrs;
+ int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
+ char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+ void (*release)(struct device *dev);
+};
+
/* interface for exporting device attributes */
struct device_attribute {
struct attribute attr;
@@ -356,6 +363,7 @@
struct kobject kobj;
char bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE]; /* position on parent bus */
+ struct device_type *type;
unsigned is_registered:1;
struct device_attribute uevent_attr;
struct device_attribute *devt_attr;