From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:06:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:06:29 -0400 Received: from 12-231-242-11.client.attbi.com ([12.231.242.11]:269 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:06:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:11:12 -0700 From: Greg KH To: David Brownell Cc: Brad Hards , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: 2.5.26 hotplug failure Message-ID: <20020920231112.GC24813@kroah.com> References: <200207180950.42312.duncan.sands@wanadoo.fr> <20020919164924.GB15956@kroah.com> <200209200656.23956.bhards@bigpond.net.au> <20020919230643.GD18000@kroah.com> <3D8B884A.7030205@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D8B884A.7030205@pacbell.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 01:42:50PM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > Actually it does more than that ... it tells you what minor numbers > are assigned to the drivers _currently loaded_ which means that it's > not really useful the instant someone plugs in another device. Wait, I'm confused, which one is "it"? The old /proc/bus/usb/drivers file, or the new driverfs stuff? > You can't use it to allocate numbers or tell what /dev/file/name matches > a given device ... so what is its value, other than providing a limited > minor number counterpart to /proc/devices? (Which, confusingly, doesn't > list devices but major numbers.) I'm working on adding the minor number info to the usb driverfs code right now, so that info will be available. thanks, greg k-h