Re: GadgetFS as a composite function

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:23:52PM +0530, Rupesh Gujare wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > with gadgetfs, userland would have to implement also usb descriptors which
> > makes the code a little less portable (not so true if you put usb-specific
> > code on its own file, but anyways). Using gadgetfs also has a little
> > performance penalty, I guess.
> >
> 
>  But what is the reason it(gadgetfs) is not being considered to get
> converted into composite framework ?
> As I mention earlier kernel documentation about Gadget API says :-
> 
> "At this writing, a few of the current gadget drivers have been
> converted to this framework. Near-term plans include converting all of
> them, except for ?gadgetfs"
> 
> Are the performance and avoiding userland only reasons ? or any other
> bottleneck/design issues exist to convert gadgetfs into composite
> framework?

I think just because no one has done the work to try this.  Please feel
free to send patches :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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