On Nov 26, 2007 3:13 PM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 07:28:03AM -0400, Felipe Balbi wrote: > > > Again, at first glance, this driver looks like it can be written in > > > userspace, using usbfs, without any kernel code at all. That's my main > > > question. > > > > If it can be done completely in userspace with usbfs, I can't see why > > not. But I can't also see > > why not putting in the kernel and allowing users to build it as a module. > > If things can be done in userspace, it should be done there, and not > also as a kernel module. That is why usb scanners are handled by > userspace and not from a kernel module, as an example. yeah... that's right. Hadn't thought that way. -- Best Regards, Felipe Balbi felipebalbi at users.sourceforge.net
