Hi Chew, There is nothing that would prevent you from continuing to use the function code as long as you want but you would need to maintain it on your own. The android team will not be supporting and there is no support for it in the mainstream Linux community (which is part of the reason we are switching to gadget).
Mike On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Chew Esmero <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > This is unfortunate news. We are currently working on a project based > on the function framework (2.6.29). Detailed designs are already in > place. Will function framework be totally removed in future kernels? > > On Oct 30, 12:22 pm, Mike Lockwood <[email protected]> wrote: >> There is no documentation other than the code itself. The function >> framework was a temporary solution that ended up staying around longer >> than it should have. We are in the process of transitioning to gadget >> and do not plan on porting the USB function code to 2.6.31, so I would >> recommend avoiding it and using gadget instead. >> >> Mike >> >> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Pico <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I have searched high and low for documentation on the function driver >> > framework and came up empty. Could someone please point me to some >> > documentation? Specifically, I am interested in how it differs from >> > the gadget driver framework. >> >> -- >> Mike Lockwood >> Google android team > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > unsubscribe: [email protected] > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- Mike Lockwood Google android team -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
