Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects

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Subject	Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:50:22PM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> We are going to need the overlays to appear on sysfs with runtime
> global properties (like master enable) so turn them into kobjects.
> 
> They have to be in sysfs so that people can have information about the
> overlays applied in the system, i.e. where their targets are and whether
> removal is possible. In a future more attributes can be added
> in a backwards compatible manner.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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[PATCH v7 1/6] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com> - 2015-10-22 22:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] of: overlay: kobjectify overlay objects Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2015-10-22 22:20 +0200

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