Hi, Yeah i read the archives. This really makes sense. Thanks. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:17:13PM +0530, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala wrote: >> Hi All, >> I remember some time ago there was a discussion some where on removing >> what ever usb modeswitching code we have, from the kernel sp. >> option.c. >> A lot of people argued that it is more effective for this to be done >> in userspace and we do have a few applications like usb_modeswitch >> which does it well. >> Any idea if we actually plan to do that or the idea has been dropped? > > Please read the archives for the decision... > > In short: > - use usb_modeswitch for any new devices > - don't add new quirks/code for new devices to the kernel. > - existing kernel modeswitch code will remain to be compatable > > sound good? > > 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
