From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933615AbZHGUJq (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:09:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933581AbZHGUJp (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:09:45 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.24]:8170 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933562AbZHGUJo (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:09:44 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=lqHplIeii/waGZ00Bl/shLL4xLBGTVK9woi+P+Rj3UXGywV0+GLOoRakRl8wlyp3Xs 3RtJrevQAOuVGZiJx8TsbfAKbnUqOr2dw08/mqKJB1Op2OaRjjQ+xYDxYacC+aXuNFBG NwrPH8Ar2iFrzw2c3KRO/BmTcpe1LEZVzUt+o= Message-ID: <4A7C8A04.3060005@googlemail.com> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:09:40 +0100 From: Alan Jenkins Reply-To: alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David VomLehn CC: Alan Stern , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, arjan@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7 v3] initdev:kernel:USB init device discovery notification References: <9b2b86520908070832p2d1658b0t8b1d89d1a034bb9a@mail.gmail.com> <9b2b86520908071017h606e595fr4488d6ff61cb337c@mail.gmail.com> <20090807174209.GB30450@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> In-Reply-To: <20090807174209.GB30450@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David VomLehn wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 06:17:51PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote: > >> On 8/7/09, Alan Stern wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Alan Jenkins wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> +/* The mask of possible USB boot devices depends on what drivers and >>>>> + * options have been configured into the kernel. There are too many >>>>> + * USB network config options to list here, so just assume it is always >>>>> + * possible to have a USB network device. >>>>> + */ >>>>> >>>> That could be fixed though. Make the "USB Network Adaptors" menu into >>>> an option. > I remember thinking about this and seem to recall that Alan Stern and I > tossed this idea around, but didn't act on it. Such a thing holds potential > for avoiding an unnecessary delay during boot. Whether it actually makes > things faster in a given configuration will depend on that configuration's > critical path, but I would welcome such a patch on the basis that it's > unlikely to hurt and could improve boot times in some circumstances. > Bother, I see why this doesn't work now. There are all the USB *wireless* network drivers outside the menu. Thanks anyway Alan