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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	patches@linaro.org, Andy Green <andy.green@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] OMAP2+: Panda introduce async platform data definition
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:05:10 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110313010510.GC20396@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110312225039.27728.24017.stgit@otae.warmcat.com>

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:50:39PM +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> This is part of an RFC patch series introducing asynchronous platform
> data, which may be attached to discovered bus devices at probe time
> based on the device path.
> 
> As part of the series, platform_data is enabled in usbnet layer.
> 
> This patch defines the usbnet platform data, allowing the panda board
> definition file to assert the naming of the usbnet network interface
> should be eth%d instead of usb%d.

Why is this?  If you want to do this, it should be done in userspace
today, no need to involve the kernel in this type of thing.

So I don't see the point of this patch.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-13  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-12 22:50 [RFC PATCH 0/5] OMAP2+ / Panda implementation for async platform_data Andy Green
2011-03-12 22:50 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] OMAP2+: Panda introduce async platform data definition Andy Green
2011-03-13  1:05   ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-03-12 22:50 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] OMAP2+: add cpu id register to MAC address helper Andy Green
2011-03-18  8:34   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-18  8:49     ` Andy Green
2011-03-18 14:37     ` Premi, Sanjeev
2011-03-18 14:47       ` Andy Green
2011-03-18  8:52   ` Roger Quadros
2011-03-18  9:13     ` Andy Green
2011-03-12 22:50 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] OMAP2+:Common CPU DIE ID reading code reads wrong registers for OMAP4430 Andy Green
2011-03-14 18:12   ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-12 22:51 ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] OMAP2+: Set onboard Ethernet MAC address using unique CPU ID data Andy Green
2011-03-12 22:51 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] USBNET: SMSC95XX: if mac set in platform data no need for random one Andy Green

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