On Thu, 30 Jan 2020, Mathias Nyman wrote: > I realize this can't be easily changed because usb_hcd_pci_probe() takes the > pci_device_id pointer as an argument, and expects id.driver_data to be a > HC driver pointer. > > So this turns out to be a question for Greg and Alan: > > Would it make sense to change usb_hcd_pci_probe() to take a HC driver pointer > as an argument instead of a pointer to pci_device_id? > pci_device_id pointer is only used to extract the HC driver handle. > This way the driver_data could be used for, well, driver data. That seems like a good idea to me. There aren't very many drivers that use usb_hcd_pci_probe(); changing them all should be fairly easy. Alan Stern
