From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sascha Hauer Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] drm/usb: add a busid implementation Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0100 Message-ID: <20120220181200.GW3852@pengutronix.de> References: <1329754429-5491-1-git-send-email-airlied@gmail.com> <1329754429-5491-2-git-send-email-airlied@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [92.198.50.35]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E68669E77F for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:12:01 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1329754429-5491-2-git-send-email-airlied@gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dri-devel-bounces+sf-dri-devel=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces+sf-dri-devel=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Dave Airlie Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Hi Dave, On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 04:13:45PM +0000, Dave Airlie wrote: > From: Dave Airlie > > This adds an implementation for the busid callback so userspace can distinguish > usb devices better. Is it really worth it to add such an interface from the old days for new drivers? I would assume that userspace has better ways to distinguish devices thanks to sysfs. Just my 2 cents. If there are good reasons to do so I'm interested in the reasons. Thanks Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |