From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755958Ab1CMRrk (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:47:40 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:48945 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751430Ab1CMRrj (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:47:39 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:48:11 -0700 From: Greg KH To: andy.green@linaro.org Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@linaro.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] PLATFORM: Introduce async platform_data attach api Message-ID: <20110313174811.GA11504@kroah.com> References: <20110312222633.27020.19543.stgit@otae.warmcat.com> <201103131141.07380.rjw@sisk.pl> <4D7CB15A.6030203@linaro.org> <201103131353.54612.rjw@sisk.pl> <4D7CC4D0.90305@linaro.org> <20110313161528.GB10718@kroah.com> <4D7CFB3B.8060008@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D7CFB3B.8060008@linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 05:13:31PM +0000, Andy Green wrote: > So when there's a bit more of Device Tree in evidence, are you going > to accept Device-tree based patches in usbnet etc along these lines, > or does that trigger the "do it in userspace" response, in which > case we are both wasting each others' time continuing to discuss > this at all? As mentioned numerous times before, network naming stuff happens in userspace, not in the kernel, so no matter what infrastructure is added, insisting on naming the network device 'eth0' is not going to happen within the kernel. Please use the tools we have today to do this with no kernel changes. As for other changes, it all depends on what you need to accomplish, right? Those will be gladly reviewed on a case-by-case basis. thanks, greg k-h