From: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
To: Kevin Lloyd <klloyd@sierrawireless.com>
Cc: gregkh@suse.de, mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net,
linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net,
usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb-storage: Add support for unusual device by Sierra Wireless
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:27:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4648F04B.9050204@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3415E2A2AB26944B9159CDB22001004D01773F61@nestea.sierrawireless.local>
Kevin Lloyd wrote:
> Not a bad idea. When using the US_FL_IGNORE_DEVICE flag, that causes the
> usb-storage driver to no load the device and allow another driver
> properly load it? The reason I ask is because I previously had a
> separate driver for the device, however there were priority issues
> regarding which loaded first usb-storage or the separate driver.
Yes, that's what it's designed for. If usb-storage does come first, the
US_FL_IGNORE_DEVICE flag causes it to return -ENODEV from probe, which
causes the driver core to look for other candidate drivers to claim the
device.
Daniel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-14 23:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-14 21:44 [PATCH] usb-storage: Add support for unusual device by Sierra Wireless Kevin Lloyd
2007-05-14 22:19 ` Pete Zaitcev
2007-05-14 22:59 ` Daniel Drake
2007-05-14 23:10 ` Kevin Lloyd
2007-05-14 23:27 ` Daniel Drake [this message]
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