Re: [PATCH] usb: always enter USB directory

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Jassi Brar wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:14:28PM +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
> >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > CONFIG_USB is only for the host side, if we
> >> > want to build a device-only kernel and our
> >> > gadget Makefile is dependent on drivers/usb/Makefile
> >> > we won't be able to have the driver unless we
> >> > enable host side support. Fix it.
> >>
> >> I can't help but get heretic ideas in my mind - there should
> >> be two separate and independent entries in make menuconfig
> >> For USB Host and USB Gadget each. And 'while at it' we'd
> >> better reorganise the files/directory structure as well :)
> >
> > We thought about that years ago, but decided not to do that, sorry.
> 
> I see... let me dig archives. There must be some reason
> that kept us from doing such a 'trivially right' thing :)

IIRC it had something to do with the difficulties posed by OTG, which 
requires both host- and device-side support.

Alan Stern

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