From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kay Sievers Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:51:31 +0000 Subject: Re: [Libusb-devel] udev craze: need /dev/bus/usb rationale Message-Id: <20060127035131.GA28052@vrfy.org> List-Id: References: <20060126094517.GA4063@bode.aurel32.net> In-Reply-To: <20060126094517.GA4063@bode.aurel32.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 07:17:07PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 04:01:43AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > > After a while we will know what needs to be fixed and then when we can remove > > usbdevfs entirely from the kernel. > > Well no, code behind the base usbfs code is what still controls these > /dev nodes, be them accessed through the usbfs file, or through the /dev > node, so that stuff can't be deleted. No matter how much some of us > hate that interface :) Well, CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS can go at some point and no file will remain in /proc. And if I remember correctly drivers/usb/core/{inode.c,devices.c} are not needed for the /dev nodes to be functional, right? Kay ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel