rework HAL LInux coldplug to work with future kernel changes

[Kay Sievers]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 11:05 -0700, Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
> > What are you trying to tell here? I'm just for not calling it "bus", but
> > "subsystem", and remove the word "physical" from the properties, that's
> > all. I don't see any problem to match on subsystem=="ide", if you insist
> > making assumptions about the type of device with such properties. I
> > don't really see the point though, and HAL should not try do do stuff
> > that can never be correct.
> 
> As I said in the first email, I'm trying to clarify the terminology. There is 
> currently no "subsystem" namespace or property in the HAL spec - you seemed to 
> propose to introduce one and I was trying to understand what "subsystem" would 
> really signify (on all OSes).

Yes.

> Regarding removing the word physical, I'm guessing you mean properties like 
> storage.physical_device and net.physical_device? I'm guessing you're not 
> suggesting to remove all properties described in the Physical Properties chapter 
> of the HAL spec.

Sure, I'm just proposing to rename the stuff, not to remove any
information. It's just that "physical" and "bus" will be totally wrong
in most cases in the near future and we should not pretend to "know"
anything about such properties with HAL.

> Just a friendly inquiry, a spark of curiosity if you will :)

Thanks!

Best,
Kay