[PATCH][USBATM]: convert heavy init dances to kthread API

2008-02-06 Thread Pavel Emelyanov
This is an attempt to kill two birds with one stone. First, we kill one more user of kernel_thread. Second - we kill one of the last users of kill_proc - the function which is also to be removed, because it uses a pid_t which is not safe now. The problem is that I couldn't find the maintainer

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Problem with USB gamepad...

2008-02-06 Thread Jochen Kühner
as anyone still time to help me with my joystick problem! Now i tryed 2.6.24 kernel, and it is still not working Jochen Kühner schrieb: You got my logfile?? Was there anything helpful in, or is it too big? Thanks for helping Jiri Kosina schrieb: On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Jochen Kühner

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Problem with USB gamepad...

2008-02-06 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Jochen Kühner wrote: as anyone still time to help me with my joystick problem! Now i tryed 2.6.24 kernel, and it is still not working Yes, sorry, too many other things were pending in my queue. I have your logs and will look at them hopefully soon, just didn't happen

[GADGET] file_storage: what's 'stall' module parameter for ?

2008-02-06 Thread Francis Moreau
Hello, I'm wondering what this option means and in which cases it's needed. Thanks for any hint. -- Francis - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-usb in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: pxa27x udc serial gadget control transfers

2008-02-06 Thread David Brownell
On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Thomi Aurel RUAG A wrote: Hy Hi ... can you fix your mailer so it wraps lines properly? Well before column 80. After further tests with the usb gadget serial on the pxa27x (see my previous postings USB gadget serial on PXA-270) i think i'm able to address the

Re: pxa27x udc serial gadget control transfers

2008-02-06 Thread Alan Stern
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Thomi Aurel RUAG A wrote: Hy After further tests with the usb gadget serial on the pxa27x (see my previous postings USB gadget serial on PXA-270) i think i'm able to address the problem more precisly. It seems that the class request SET_LINE_CODING is handled by the

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Christer Weinigel
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800 Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license. And as I have stated in the past, a number of them have made public statements as to what they think about this issue. And it corresponds exactly with what

Re: [PATCH] bugfix for an underflow condition in usb storage isd200.c

2008-02-06 Thread Alan Stern
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Matthew Dharm wrote: Six of one and a half-dozen of the other. All we're arguing over is the definition of correct behavior here. You want to change the API so that overrun is acceptable and handled; I prefer calling it a Bad Thing(tm). We both agree that the code

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Christer Weinigel
On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:38:11 +0100 Marcel Holtmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Christer, while the HAL case of Atheros might be still true despite the fact that an OpenHAL has been around for a long time now. The Intel argument is out of the picture since quite some time. The regulatory

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Hans-Jürgen Koch
Am Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:34:49 +0100 schrieb Christer Weinigel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I also think that my customers, that decided to keep their kernel modules binary only, made a big mistake and have told them so. But I still think it's better for the Linux community to be a bit soft on such

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Marcel Holtmann
Hi Christer, while the HAL case of Atheros might be still true despite the fact that an OpenHAL has been around for a long time now. The Intel argument is out of the picture since quite some time. The regulatory daemon was an interim solution and has been replaced by a proper firmware

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Alan Cox
I heard this all before and I don't buy it anymore. At some point the companies in Asia will understand that the whole picture looks different and that not always cheap, cheap, cheap is best for their margins. The asian companies for the most part don't care about giving programming info away

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Christer Weinigel
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:28:10 -0800 Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:14:48PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote: On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800 Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license. And as I have

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 05:34:23PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: David Newall wrote: That being said, a module can be written such that it only dynamically links with the kernel. Ndiswrapper is an example of how this can be done: None of the drivers that work under ndiswrapper make any direct

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Christer Weinigel
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:46:08 +0200 Pekka Enberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi David, Marcel Holtmann writes: You driver was meant to be running as Linux kernel module and thus it is derivative work. On Feb 5, 2008 1:39 PM, David Newall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is precisely the fact

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 03:43:26PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: There a company that is providing a common API for writting Windows and Linux drivers. Last time I was using a Macraigor JTAG it was based on this proprietary dual platform driver.

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Christer Weinigel
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:55:45 +0100 Marcel Holtmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So how does that invalidate my point? Intel did jump through a lot of hoops to avoid giving away the code that controls their radio. When the regulatory daemon stuff got too much complaints, they finally redid

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:12:54 +0100, Christer Weinigel said: If I use an in kernel API, but from a piece of code which is external to the kernel, is that really a derived work? If you say it is, do you realise that you are advocating something which is very close to an API copyright, something

Re: [PATCH] bugfix for an underflow condition in usb storage isd200.c

2008-02-06 Thread James Bottomley
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 17:18 -0500, Alan Stern wrote: On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Matthew Dharm wrote: Maybe this is a crazy question, but... Why is this not in the SCSI core? Or even in the block core? It's hardly USB-specific, and I'm willing to bet that there are other HCDs (at

[PATCH][drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c] add missing '|'

2008-02-06 Thread Roel Kluin
add missing '|' Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c index 90dcc62..2173561 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static const char *ftdi_chip_name[]

Re: [PATCH] bugfix for an underflow condition in usb storage isd200.c

2008-02-06 Thread Alan Stern
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, James Bottomley wrote: What we're talking about is a routine that provides drivers a simple way to access the data in a scatter-gather buffer (which may lie in highmem or otherwise not be easily reachable). The idea is that some commands are emulated by the driver

Re: [PATCH] bugfix for an underflow condition in usb storage isd200.c

2008-02-06 Thread James Bottomley
On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 18:25 -0500, Alan Stern wrote: On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, James Bottomley wrote: What we're talking about is a routine that provides drivers a simple way to access the data in a scatter-gather buffer (which may lie in highmem or otherwise not be easily reachable). The

[PATCH][drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c] add missing '|'

2008-02-06 Thread Roel Kluin
add missing '|' Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c index 90dcc62..2173561 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static const char *ftdi_chip_name[]

RE: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread David Schwartz
IANAL, but when looking at the But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License of the GPLv2 I would still consult a lawyer before e.g. selling a laptop with a

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Pekka Enberg
Hi Christer, On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:46:08 +0200 Pekka Enberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What makes you qualified to make that statement (without giving any evidence)? Are you're an expert on international copyright law? On Feb 6, 2008 11:12 PM, Christer Weinigel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-06 Thread Graeme Gill
David Schwartz wrote: IANAL, but when looking at the But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License of the GPLv2 I would still consult a lawyer before e.g. selling a laptop