From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net,stable] net: usb: Add HP hs2434 device to ZLP exception table Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:33:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130829.003352.1187611479213752660.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20130828171812.7097dc8334046b464486d4a3@gmail.com> <20130828.200111.1548126886406334118.davem@davemloft.net> <20130828184022.9a5b54e8df63aaf8c82bf9b5@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, bjorn-yOkvZcmFvRU@public.gmane.org, oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org To: robmatic-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130828184022.9a5b54e8df63aaf8c82bf9b5-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-usb-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Rob Gardner Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:40:22 -0600 > The exception list means "usb_device_id entries for specific devices > that are known to need the workaround." There are just two such entries. > There isn't even a separate list. So maybe we just have a nomenclature > problem, and we could simply be calling this a "white list" instead of > "exception list". The other possible meaning of whitelist (all devices > that *don't* need the workaround) is unthinkable, as that would be a huge > list and much more prone to be unmanageable than what we've got now. Ok I misunderstood. I thought we were discoving that all chips which have been thoroughly investigated end up needing the workaround. I guess it's only a specific family of these chips which seem to all have the problem? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html