On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:27:58PM +0100, Josua Dietze wrote: > Matthew Garrett schrieb: > >> This patchset doesn't provide any new drivers. It just means that >> people can make use of the generic parts of the option code without >> then also having to use the option-specific code. If devices don't >> respond to the option-specific commands in the driver, then really they >> shouldn't be in option. > > > Well, there was not much of an alternative for users recently, or am I > wrong there? And "option" announces itself in the kernel configuration > as "USB driver for GSM and CDMA modems". Yeah, I understand why they've ended up there. It's slightly less than optimal, but it's also unlikely to cause any problems in the real world. > Anyway, if I now understand the purpose of the patch right, it would be > the cleanest approach to have a new generic WWAN driver using > "usb_wwan.c" and move from "option" all non-Option modems (not having > special needs or capabilities) there. Sure, that'd be a possibility. If someone's enthusiastic about it, it'd be pretty easy to do :) -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
