linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: core: Choose configuration with lowest bConfigurationValue

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:28:03 +0200
From:	Michał Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Adam Kropelin <akropel1@...hester.rr.com>,
	Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: core: Choose configuration with lowest
 bConfigurationValue

> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> This patch removes code from usb_choose_configuration()
>> responsible for ignoring the first USB device configuration if
>> its first interface is RNDIS.  Instead,
>> usb_choose_configuration() chooses configuration with lowest
>> bConfigurationValue.  Linux' Ethernet gadget uses a lower
>> bConfigurationValue for the second configuration which is
>> a CDC configuration so this code should choose configuration
>> that suits Linux better.

On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:22:37 +0200, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> I don't like this idea.  Choosing configs is a sensitive topic, since
> it is highly visible to users.  It should be changed minimally, if at
> all.

Fine by me.  I've just posted it to show what I had in mind.

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