linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] obsolete config in kernel source (USB_GADGET

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Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:51:33 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Christoph Egger <siccegge@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <vamos@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] obsolete config in kernel source (USB_GADGET_*)

On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Christoph Egger wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 09:46:00AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > > 	The linux tree contains USB-Id assignment snippets for some
> > > USB Gadget drivers, which, as far as I can tell, never worked on
> > > mainline linux2.6 but either originate from seemingly long-dead
> > > third-party trees or were never ported from linux2.4.
> > > 
> > > 	As there has also seemingly never existed a way to select
> > > these configs in the KConfig system it might be time to get rid of
> > > them which would be done by the attached patch.
> > 
> > Have you tried building g_file_storage and the other gadget drivers 
> > after applying your patch?
> 
> 	You're right. I ony checked whether the first few were still
> needed somewhere in code and assumed equal status for all of
> them. SHould have at least build-tested all that stuff before sending
> (and doing so now).
> 
> 	Below is a updated patch that should be more correct and does
> also build (tested against mainline git).

The new patch looks okay to me.  Other people might have opinions about 
whether this code should be removed, however.

Alan Stern

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