[PATCH] Platform bus support

[Pierre Ossman]

Kay Sievers wrote:

>Hannes added a special attribute to floppies. It will show up in 2.6.14:
>  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13-rc6/2.6.13-rc6-mm2/broken-out/gregkh-driver-floppy-cmos-attribute.patch
>
>We read this with udev to create the correct device nodes:
>  http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=blob;h=f4003c2ce2944b5bb5ac1f77d81a5b5d6616ea44;hb=8c11a2f0ff27264513033691bb818262f009fe4e;f=extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.c
>  
>

Hmmm... 'cmos' is still a bit generic. Sticking to checking the device
node would be a preferable solution since that's what udev does. People
might take extra care not to break it. ;)

But if you go about changing the device node name, then we have a problem.

Rgds
Pierre