linux-kernel - Re: Support for TI FlashMedia (pci id 104c:8033, 104c:803b) flash card readers

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Date:	Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:08:46 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Support for TI FlashMedia (pci id 104c:8033, 104c:803b) flash
 card readers

Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:53:35AM +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
>   
>> Is there no driver in the kernel that already has this design?
>>     
>
> Not directly, no.  USB-storage handles a wide range of devices like this
> by virtue of them following the usb storage spec (which is really just
> scsi).
>   

How about this... We put the main driver in drivers/misc, add a Kconfig
for it that isn't visible, put the submodules in their respective
subsystems and set their Kconfigs to select the main module. Does that
sound like a good solution?

Rgds
Pierre

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