On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:48:29AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 08:34:02PM -0600, Steve McKown wrote: > > AFAIK, only my company has shown any interest in such features under > > Linux. I don't think the effort to benefit ratio makes this a patch > > worth considering any longer; I'm disinclined to ask you to waste your > > valuable time. > > You're not wasting anyone's time, that's what we are here for. For the record, my "day job" is with a company that uses these devices on some products. Actually, I see these devices in a lot of places in my industry. Having this material in-kernel for manufacturing and production test would be valuable to the community as a whole. > So if you convert the patch to use the gpio subsystem, I will be glad to > review it again. > > This is how the whole process works :) I've been following this discussion with some interest as well. Nobody's time is being wasted here. Matt -- Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver C: Why are you upgrading to NT? AJ: It must be the sick, sadistic streak that runs through me. -- Chief and A.J. User Friendly, 5/12/1998
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