On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:37:31PM +1000, Brad Hards wrote:
> Ah, just the entry I was looking for :)
> It looks (from http://lwn.net/2001/features/KernelSummit/annotated.jpg)
> like Greg KH and JE were the USB influence at the 2.5 summit. So I
> assume that some "USB in 2.5" was discussed - at least off line.
> So where is Linux USB going guys?
I'm not going to claim to speak for collective "group", but here are a
few things that I think the USB drivers should do (based on talking to
the network driver people and other groups)
- debug levels changeable at module load time (a bit field mask
is being created with different levels for the network
devices, we should use the same fields where applicable.)
- on module load the module states its version number (again,
all network drivers will also do this.)
- There's going be a merge into a common "driver" type device
across the whole kernel to accommodate the power management
people. This conversation is starting on the ACPI mailing
list if anyone is interested.
- try to incorporate some of the HCD code into a common chunk to
make the HCD drivers a bit simpler (like has been proposed.)
- expand usbdevfs a bit to allow entry points into the
individual drivers a bit easier (this is along the whole dev_t
discussion)
I have a list of usb-serial specific things that I want to do for 2.5,
and I'll announce them in a few days (nothing major, just refactoring a
few problem areas.)
Personally, I'm starting to work on some HotPlug PCI drivers, so my USB
time will get limited for a while.
There's probably more things but I can't think of anything else right
now. Anyone else?
greg k-h
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greg@(kroah|wirex).com
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