On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 03:17:14PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:15:00 +0200 > Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It does no good to mention The 2.4 kernel series and neglect > > USB 3.x and XHCI. Also with type C and micro/mini USB we better > > not talk about the shape of connectors. > > ...except that USB 2 connectors will be with us for some time yet. I'm all > for updating the documentation, but stuff like this: > > > <para>That master/slave asymmetry was designed-in for a number of > > reasons, one being ease of use. It is not physically possible to > > - assemble (legal) USB cables incorrectly: all upstream "to the host" > > - connectors are the rectangular type (matching the sockets on > > - root hubs), and all downstream connectors are the squarish type > > + mistake upstream and downstream or it does not matter with a type C > > + plug > > seems to me like it loses information. Greg, do you have an opinion on the > changes here? I'll apply this if it's OK with you. I don't have any objection to the changes, please take them through your documentation tree: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
