From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, USB list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
Stefan Kopp <stefan_kopp@agilent.com>,
Marcel Janssen <korgull@home.nl>,
Felipe Balbi <me@felipebalbi.com>,
Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: add USB test and measurement class driver - round 2
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:05:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200808272105.50169.oliver@neukum.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0808271451550.17771-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Am Mittwoch 27 August 2008 20:58:08 schrieb Alan Stern:
> > And this rule depends on sharing the USB major or not. This needs
> > a big fat mention in Documentation.
>
> You mean that the open/disconnect locking rule applies only to drivers
> that call usb_register_dev, i.e, drivers using the USB major. Right?
Yes. In fact drivers not using the USB major but their own char devices
will need such a lock. This is tricky.
> I agree that it deserves to be mentioned in the documentation
> somewhere. Where would be a good place? None of the existing files in
> Documentation/usb seem appropriate.
The USB major merits a file of its own.
Regards
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-27 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-27 17:20 [PATCH] USB: add USB test and measurement class driver - round 2 Greg KH
2008-08-27 18:28 ` Alan Stern
2008-08-27 18:36 ` Greg KH
2008-08-27 18:58 ` Alan Stern
2008-08-27 19:05 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2008-08-27 19:16 ` Alan Stern
2008-08-27 23:48 ` Greg KH
2008-08-27 23:47 ` Greg KH
2008-08-28 10:10 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-08-28 16:17 ` Greg KH
2008-08-28 21:29 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-08-28 16:58 ` Marcel Janssen
2008-08-28 20:38 ` Greg KH
2008-08-29 6:57 ` stefan_kopp
2008-08-29 7:46 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-08-29 8:14 ` stefan_kopp
2008-08-29 8:34 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-08-29 9:13 ` stefan_kopp
2008-08-29 11:33 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-08-29 14:39 ` Greg KH
2008-08-29 16:41 ` Marcel Janssen
2008-08-29 20:01 ` Greg KH
2008-08-27 18:37 ` Oliver Neukum
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