From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Jenkins Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7 v3] initdev:kernel:USB init device discovery notification Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:09:40 +0100 Message-ID: <4A7C8A04.3060005@googlemail.com> References: <9b2b86520908070832p2d1658b0t8b1d89d1a034bb9a@mail.gmail.com> <9b2b86520908071017h606e595fr4488d6ff61cb337c@mail.gmail.com> <20090807174209.GB30450@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> Reply-To: alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 To: David VomLehn Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090807174209.GB30450@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.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