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From: Lauri Niskanen <ape@ape3000.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: misc: Add driver for ALVA Nanoface
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:17:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5461B7EF.2090308@ape3000.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141111070759.GA16276@kroah.com>

On 11/11/14 09:07, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Any reason this can't be a simple userspace program that writes the
> needed command to the device using libusb instead of being a kernel
> driver?  This seems like overkill for a kernel driver to me.

You are probably right. It indeed should be possible to do this in 
userspace. I thought that having a kernel driver would still be 
benefical since it adds plug-and-play availability for all Linux users 
without having to deal with userspace driver programs.

You are far more experienced with these things than me, so I am happy to 
let you make the decision about whether to have a kernel driver or not.

-- 
Lauri Niskanen

  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-11  7:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-11  7:05 [PATCH] usb: misc: Add driver for ALVA Nanoface Lauri Niskanen
2014-11-11  7:07 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-11-11  7:17   ` Lauri Niskanen [this message]
2014-11-11  8:03     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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