Re: [Libusb-devel] udev craze: need /dev/bus/usb rationale

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 04:51:31AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> 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.

Yes, that's because you already changed the Makefile :)

> And if I remember correctly drivers/usb/core/{inode.c,devices.c} are
> not needed for the /dev nodes to be functional, right?

Yes, that is correct.  But the real nasty usbfs logic that everyone
hates is the devio.c file.  inode.c and devices.c are dirt simple now,
and don't take up much space, or have people cursing their $DIETY when
they have to go track down an issue in them...

thanks,

greg k-h


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