From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262250AbVGFJKb (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 05:10:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262151AbVGFJKb (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 05:10:31 -0400 Received: from lyle.provo.novell.com ([137.65.81.174]:1228 "EHLO lyle.provo.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262123AbVGFHRe (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 03:17:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 00:17:30 -0700 From: Greg KH To: John Lenz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] add class_interface pointer to add and remove functions Message-ID: <20050706071730.GA18669@suse.de> References: <20050630060206.GA23321@kroah.com> <34128.127.0.0.1.1120152169.squirrel@localhost> <20050630194540.GA15389@suse.de> <37114.127.0.0.1.1120166322.squirrel@localhost> <20050703205955.GB17461@suse.de> <41050.127.0.0.1.1120617353.squirrel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41050.127.0.0.1.1120617353.squirrel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 09:35:53PM -0500, John Lenz wrote: > On Sun, July 3, 2005 3:59 pm, Greg KH said: > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 04:18:42PM -0500, John Lenz wrote: > >> Here is a patch that updates every usage of class_interface I could > >> find. > > > > Do you have a patch that will take advantage of this change? I would > > prefer to have that before accepting this patch. > > > > No, not for inclusion. I needed this change while I was working on the > touchscreen driver for Zaurus (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~lenz/zaurus). I > have not yet completed that driver, and am currently working on some other > drivers. So I won't really have a patch until I (or someone else, we can > always use volunteers!) goes back and tries to work on the touchscreen > driver. > > I just thought that since the class API is changing anyway, this API > change could come along. Otherwise I will resubmit this patch when I (or > someone else) gets around to working on the touchscreen driver. Yeah, I prefer to wait until someone uses it. There's no reason we can't change the API any time we need to :) thanks, greg k-h