On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 11:52:56PM -0400, Maxin B John wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 05:29:43PM -0400, Maxin B. John wrote: > >> Hi Greg, > >> > >> This driver helps us to control the OWI/Maplin USB Robotic Arm device. > >> > >> I have tested this driver in my x86 Laptop and it works as expected > >> (Some clean-ups and modifications are in the pipeline, though). > >> > >> After review process and the life in staging,I hope this driver will > >> find it's place in "drivers/usb/misc/" :) > >> > >> The userspace utility program is available from the below URL: > >> https://github.com/maxinbjohn/robotic_arm_driver > >> > >> OWI/Maplin USB Robotic arm is available from: > >> http://www.maplin.co.uk/robotic-arm-kit-with-usb-pc-interface-266257 > >> http://www.owirobots.com/cart/html/owi-535pc-robotic-arm-kit-with-usb-pc-interface-assembled.html > >> > >> Please let me know your comments. > > > > Very nice, but are there any real requirement to have this be a kernel > > driver, and not just be driven from userspace through libusb/usbfs > > instead? > > Thanks. A number of people are using the libusb based userspace > applications to control these devices. This was an attempt to remove > the libusb dependency and control the device easily like: > # echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/robotic_arm/5-1:1.0/led I really think that libusb is the best way to control this device. We removed a bunch of drivers from the kernel a number of years ago that could be better controlled by userspace. Because of that, I can't take this driver either. Sorry, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
