linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid: usbhid: usbkbd: fix checkpatch.pl issues

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2017 17:05:06 -0500 (EST)
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Avraham Shukron <avraham.shukron@...il.com>
cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, <jikos@...nel.org>,
        <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: usbhid: usbkbd: fix checkpatch.pl issues

On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Avraham Shukron wrote:

> I thought fixing a driver that I actually use daily will be more satisfying.

Unless there are special reasons, you should not be using the usbkbd
driver.  It is legacy code; everyone should now use usbhid instead.

Alan Stern