On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 10:48:22PM -0500, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > On Sat, Dec 08, 2001, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No, the topology can also be used for device naming. The Edgeport > > driver (before it got merged into the kernel tree) used the topology to > > specify the minor number of a device. I'd like to move something like > > that into the main code in the future. There's an old patch at > > http://www.kroah.com/linux-usb/edgeport if people are interested in how > > it worked. > > Shouldn't this be done in userspace? Wouldn't the existing topology > information be good in that case?
Yes, the assigning a specific device in the topology to a specific minor number was done by a userspace tool, that simply told the driver what to do if it saw such a device. And yes, the existing topology info is enough. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
