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    Driver core: Add support for compatibility classes · 46227094
    Jean Delvare authored
    
    
    When turning class devices into bus devices, we may need to
    temporarily add links in sysfs so that user-space applications
    are not confused. This is done by adding the following API:
    
    * Functions to register and unregister compatibility classes.
      These appear in sysfs at the same location as regular classes, but
      instead of class devices, they contain links to bus devices.
    * Functions to create and delete such links. Additionally, the caller
      can optionally pass a target device to which a "device" link should
      point (typically that would be the device's parent), to fully emulate
      the original class device.
    
    The i2c subsystem will be the first user of this API, as i2c adapters
    are being converted from class devices to bus devices.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
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