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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Chris Dickens <christopher.a.dickens@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-usb <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>,
	andrzej.p@samsung.com
Subject: Re: gadget: Why do Microsoft OS descriptors need their own USB request?
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 08:57:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200703065715.GA2220026@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL-1MmX7xKjYUUAgSGfJ7roi6W3ucD+oyQT4vmxAaDtJpjU07Q@mail.gmail.com>

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 11:47:09PM -0700, Chris Dickens wrote:
> Well, the history shows it was there from the very beginning, so it is
> unclear (at least to me) why it was needed.

Look in the older history trees, perhaps it is in there?

And if it pre-dates git, odds are we don't remember anymore, some of us
deal with thousands of patches a week :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-03  6:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-03  0:11 gadget: Why do Microsoft OS descriptors need their own USB request? Chris Dickens
2020-07-03  6:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-07-03  6:47   ` Chris Dickens
2020-07-03  6:57     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2020-07-03  7:03       ` Chris Dickens
2020-07-03  7:24         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-07-03  8:35           ` [PATCH] usb: gadget: composite: Remove dedicated OS Feature Descriptors request Chris Dickens
2020-07-03  8:57             ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-07-25  6:12             ` Felipe Balbi

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