Re: [PATCH] usb-serial: translate ezusb_convert

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 05:54:25PM -0600, Jorge Natz wrote:
> 
> ezusb_convert is a script used to convert an Intel HEX firmware file
> into a set of C arrays for use in header files. Increase the
> portability of this script by translating it from Perl to a
> POSIX shell script. Perl is not was widely installed on UNIX machines as
> is a POSIX-conforming shell, therefore portability of this script, and
> therefore a small part of the build, should be increased.

Perl is much more portable than you think, and installed more than you
think :)

I don't really see the need for this change at all, and oddly, you leave
the file name with a ".pl" at the end.

So thanks for the patch, but I don't think we need it.

greg k-h
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