linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 1/4] usb: Provide usb_speed

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Date:	Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:59:33 +0200
From:	"Michal Nazarewicz" <mina86@...a86.com>
To:	"Felipe Balbi" <balbi@...com>
Cc:	"Alan Stern" <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	"Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	"Yang Rui Rui" <ruirui.r.yang@...to.com>,
	"Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 1/4] usb: Provide usb_speed_string() function

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:57:39 +0200, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:16:07PM +0200, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> >>>>+obj-$(CONFIG_USB)		+= common.o
>> >>>>+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= common.o
>>
>> >>>Will this cause problems?  For example, what if CONFIG_USB is Y and
>> >>>CONFIG_USB_GADGET is M?
>>
>> >>>Also, it seems a little silly to have an entire kernel module devoted
>> >>>to a single, little function.
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:06:43 +0200, Alan Stern
>> <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> >You could do:
>> >
>> >	obj-$(CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT)  += common.o
>> >
>> >which would build that subroutine into the main kernel whenever either
>> >side of the USB stack is enabled.
>>
>> OK.  I'll wait for any more possible comments and post changed version
>> by the end of the week.
>
> if it's only for one single function, wouldn't a static inline in a
> common header do ?

That would defeat the purpose a little.  The code would not get duplicated
in many source files but the actual compiled code would end up in several
places.

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