From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems)" <ajb@spheresystems.co.uk>
Cc: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Filip Aben <f.aben@option.com>,
Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Patch to option HSO driver to the kernel
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:03:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080414230309.GA1672@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200804142342.08116.ajb@spheresystems.co.uk>
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:42:07PM +0100, Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems) wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
> I'd prefer the keep it as just 'hso' and change the textual description if
> necessary. I think module names are just arbitrary, and should not
> necessarily reflect the original usage too well, otherwise you end up with a
> situation like with the 'option' module. That module is now used for many
> devices from differing manufacturers and it doesn't really make much sense to
> load the option module to service a device from Novatel, Sierra Wireless or
> Huawei.
Ok, that's fine with me, what should we use for the text in the driver
and the Kconfig entry?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-14 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-14 21:32 [RFC] Patch to option HSO driver to the kernel Greg KH
2008-04-15 4:30 ` Oliver Hartkopp
[not found] ` <48042F7F.8030608-fJ+pQTUTwRTk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 16:11 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20080415161158.GE9704-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 17:53 ` Oliver Hartkopp
[not found] ` <20080414213238.GB28833-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-14 21:59 ` Matthew Dharm
2008-04-14 22:42 ` Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems)
2008-04-14 23:03 ` Greg KH [this message]
[not found] ` <20080414230309.GA1672-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 8:01 ` Filip Aben
2008-04-15 15:40 ` Greg KH
2008-04-14 23:20 ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-15 8:10 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804151010.33688.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 8:58 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <48046E4A.3060901-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 15:39 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 11:44 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804151344.42085.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 16:06 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 13:06 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804151506.21856.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 16:08 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 16:08 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 13:25 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-15 14:12 ` Filip Aben
2008-04-15 14:14 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-15 15:03 ` Filip Aben
2008-04-15 15:34 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20080415153408.GB7996-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 16:24 ` Filip Aben
2008-04-15 17:58 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-15 18:46 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804152046.44018.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 19:00 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 19:14 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-04-15 19:27 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 20:17 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804152217.25451.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-15 22:18 ` Greg KH
2008-04-17 12:15 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-17 21:35 ` Greg KH
2008-04-15 22:49 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <480530E6.8020700-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-16 9:18 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <4805C469.7050408-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-16 11:54 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <4805E8E1.3090200-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-16 12:03 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804161403.20955.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-16 12:12 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <4805ED16.3080104-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-16 13:43 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804161543.23584.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-16 13:55 ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-17 14:32 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804171632.12972.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-17 21:47 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <4807C56F.5060804-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-17 22:31 ` Chetty, Jay
2008-04-18 6:51 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-18 15:18 ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-21 11:45 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-21 12:38 ` Paulius Zaleckas
[not found] ` <480C8AD8.9050609-Ft0m5Q12RQ9xBelEqimL3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 12:50 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <200804211450.27093.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2008-04-21 13:00 ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-17 21:33 ` Greg KH
2008-04-16 15:15 ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-16 13:11 ` Paulius Zaleckas
2008-04-15 13:55 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-04-15 16:10 ` Greg KH
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