On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 23:22 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > > Is there actually a need for sort of not platform_data but universal > vid_pid_specific_usb_device_option_data coming from the board > definition > file or bootloader for *pluggable* usb devices? udev seems to be > well > established doing that already in a generic, not-platform-specific > way > that can go in all distros and so on nicely. Maybe this is just my > impoverished imagination and people do want, say, some kinds of USB > mice > to operate at higher DPI or whatever when plugged in a specific board > because it is that board. Except that vid/pid are the -WRONG- way to do that. Your device is on-board, the proper way to identify it uniquely is it's topological location, ie path of HW port numbers. Cheers, Ben. -- 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
