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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:37:59 -0700 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arch/tile: provide kernel support for the tilegx USB shim On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 01:59:48PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: > On 7/6/2012 1:36 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:25:02PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: > >> This change adds support for accessing the USB shim from within the > >> kernel. Note that this change by itself does not allow the kernel > >> to act as a host or as a device; it merely exposes the built-in on-chip > >> hardware to the kernel. > > What do you mean by this? This is needed for the other patches, right? > > If so, I'm guessing they are going through the tile tree? That's fine > > with me. > > Correct; this piece just adds the infrastructure that lets you then layer > the standard USB host code on top. I'm assuming I'll push both the tilegx > USB infrastructure, and the drivers/usb/host stuff, through the tile tree. > Or, I can push just the low-level stuff through the tile tree and let the > USB host stuff go through the usb tree. I have no objection for you to take all of it through your tree. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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