On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:35:12AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 00:12, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:11:33PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Greg KH wrote: > >> > >> > > Greg, any objections to rip out the usb_host class? > >> > > >> > I see the "companion" attribute still present, but if Alan says it's not > >> > needed, hey, no objection from me :) > >> > >> No, that's not what I said. It is still needed, but it doesn't have to > >> go in the class directory. It can go in the device directory for the > >> host controller instead; then there won't be anything remaining in the > >> usb_host class. > > > > Hm, I just noticed that the wireless usb controllers put a number of > > files in the usb_host directory that they reside in. Kay, care to poke > > into this to see if it's really needed or not? > > It looks to me they should also move where they belong, to the real > usb_host device on the usb bus, and not in some disconnected class > device. If it really causes issues for anybody, we can always create a > symlink from the usb_host directory to the real device. But I'd rather > remove that whole thing if possible. I agree, I'd like to remove it as well. But we need to check with the wireless usb people first. > >> 4. Move it to debugfs. > > > > I like this option. So much so I just went and implemented it, I'll > > post the patch series to do this to linux-usb in a bit :) > > Sounds great. Then people can do this, if they are crazy enough. :) > touch /dev/bus/usb/devices > mount --bind /sys/kernel/debug/<some name> /dev/bus/usb/devices Heh, that would be crazy :) thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
