From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [RFC] Changes to the driver model class code.
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:14:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d120d50005031512143929e39f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050315195121.GA27408@kroah.com>
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:51:21 -0800, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>
> class interfaces are not going away, there's a good need for them like
> you have pointed out. I'm not expecting to just delete those api
> functions tomorrow, but slowly phase out the use of them over time, and
> hopefully, eventually get rid of them. I think that with my USB host
> controller patch, I've proved that they are not as needed as you might
> think they were.
>
It looks to me (and I might be wrong) that USB was never really
integrated into the driver model. It was glued with it but the driver
model came after most of the domain was defined, and it did not get to
be "bones" of the subsystem. This is why it is so easy to deatch it.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-15 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-15 17:08 [RFC] Changes to the driver model class code Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:09 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:10 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:10 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:11 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:47 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-03-15 19:34 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 19:47 ` [linux-usb-devel] " Dmitry Torokhov
2005-03-15 20:15 ` Dominik Brodowski
2005-03-15 22:14 ` Greg KH
2005-03-16 1:01 ` Dominik Brodowski
2005-03-16 3:42 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-03-27 14:42 ` Dominik Brodowski
2005-03-15 19:08 ` Dominik Brodowski
2005-03-15 19:30 ` [linux-usb-devel] " Dmitry Torokhov
2005-03-15 19:34 ` Sean
2005-03-15 19:45 ` John Lenz
2005-03-15 19:51 ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 20:06 ` Dominik Brodowski
2005-03-15 20:14 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2005-03-15 20:35 ` [linux-usb-devel] " David Brownell
2005-03-15 20:48 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-03-15 21:14 ` David Brownell
2005-03-15 21:23 ` Dominik Brodowski
2005-03-15 22:05 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-03-15 22:29 ` David Brownell
2005-03-16 23:16 ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-17 6:17 ` Greg KH
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