David VomLehn wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 06:17:51PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote: > >> On 8/7/09, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Alan Jenkins wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> +/* The mask of possible USB boot devices depends on what drivers and >>>>> + * options have been configured into the kernel. There are too many >>>>> + * USB network config options to list here, so just assume it is always >>>>> + * possible to have a USB network device. >>>>> + */ >>>>> >>>> That could be fixed though. Make the "USB Network Adaptors" menu into >>>> an option. > I remember thinking about this and seem to recall that Alan Stern and I > tossed this idea around, but didn't act on it. Such a thing holds potential > for avoiding an unnecessary delay during boot. Whether it actually makes > things faster in a given configuration will depend on that configuration's > critical path, but I would welcome such a patch on the basis that it's > unlikely to hurt and could improve boot times in some circumstances. > Bother, I see why this doesn't work now. There are all the USB *wireless* network drivers outside the menu. Thanks anyway Alan -- 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
