Dne Út 3. srpna 2010 19:49:12 Greg KH napsal(a): > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 07:36:39PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > Dne Út 3. srpna 2010 18:38:26 Greg KH napsal(a): > > > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 06:14:15PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > > > Dne Út 3. srpna 2010 00:47:18 Greg KH napsal(a): > > > > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 08:00:07AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > > > > > This driver is used to implement USB-serial like behaviour over > > > > > > dummy > > > > > > > > > > > > USB cables. These are used in the following devices: > > > > > > Funsoft Serial USB driver > > > > > > Genesys Logic GL620USB USB Laplink cable > > > > > > HP4x (48/49) Serial cable > > > > > > Motorola phones > > > > > > Siemens USB-MPI Serial USB driver > > > > > > ViVOpay USB Serial Driver > > > > > > ZIO Motherboard USB driver > > > > > > > > > > I like the idea, but not the name :) > > > > > > > > Please don't expect miracles from me after 26 hours without sleep ;-) > > > > > > > > > Ideally, all of these would be able to be handled by the usb-serial > > > > > generic driver directly. > > > > > > > > I just noticed that one. Stupid me. > > > > > > > > > But really, having these multiple drivers is a good thing, they > > > > > properly convey to the user what the device is, and it gives these > > > > > developers and companies a sense of ownership over the code, and > > > > > that matters at times. > > > > > > > > > > So you lost the names of the devices with this patch, which isn't > > > > > good. > > > > > > > > Sheesh ... that's true, but having pile of copies of the same code is > > > > not good either. > > > > > > I agree, that's why I said it should be reduced. > > > > > > > Can't we then just deprecate all these drivers and set correct udev > > > > rules? > > > > > > udev can not change the name of the device in sysfs, or the name in the > > > kernel of the device. > > > > That's right, but it can bind the generic driver with the hardware. And > > who would care about the driver name, really ? The interface just > > appears and that's what matters (to me and probably to users) ... > > There are persistant device links in /dev/serial/ that might care about > the driver name. We don't want to break them, right? We can start a slow migration though. Eg. push the serial-generic as a way-to-go so the distro teams can pick this change and incorporate it into their stuff. Maybe just mark all those drivers as "DEPRECATED" and add a note there "use generic-serial". > > 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
