Is it possible to create a "fake/virtual" UDI which HAL can manipulate ?

[YangKun]

Danny Kukawka wrote:
> On Dienstag, 27. März 2007, YangKun wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Can someone tell me if it's possible to create a "fake/virtual" UDI in
>> the system ?
>> If it's possible, I want to create something like :
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/fake_nic'
>>  linux.subsystem = 'net'  (string)
>>  net.address = '00:00:00:00:00:ff'  (string)
>>  net.interface = 'fake_eth0'  (string)
>>  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/class/net/fake_eth0'  (string)
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I can use "hal-set-property" to create <key>/<value> pairs for a
>> specific UDI. But I don't know how to create an UDI entry.  Can someone
>> give me some guidance ?
>>     
>
> There is no tool to do this (but you can do this IIRC via libhal or via 
> FDI-files). The question is: why do you need this? If there is a entry in 
> sysfs why not let HAL detect the device instead of add a fake device? What is 
> the reason/for what do you need this device/ is there really something in 
> sysfs?
>   
Thanks very much for your reply :-)

The reason I want to create a fake UDI is because : HAL can not 
recognize IBM's VIO(virtual I/O) devices(like virtual 
NIC/disks/cdrom-drives) on IBM's pSeries LPAR.

Regards
YK
> Danny
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