On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 04:33:50PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 07:39:38AM +0100, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > > On 1/12/22 10:54 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > > That driver tried to be an example for an unknown device, doing multiple > > > different things that no single driver/device would probably ever need. > > > Also it can almost always just be replaced with a simple userspace > > > program using libusb, as I bet your driver could be replaced with as > > > well, right? > > Yes it can be replaced by a userspace program but even this is not required. > > It is an issue if you are trying to write a new driver. We do not take > new drivers into the kernel tree if they can be in the kernel instead. That should be: if they can be written in userspace instead. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
