linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] usbfs2: Why asynchronous I/O?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0702252119520.29377-100000@netrider.rowland.org>
Date:	Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:22:54 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sarah Bailey <saharabeara@...il.com>,
	<usb-hacking@...s.cs.pdx.edu>,
	USB development list <linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] usbfs2: Why asynchronous I/O?

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Greg KH wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:51:46AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> > This deserves to be discussed on LKML.
> 
> Are you sure?  I thought it already got pretty well answered on the USB
> mailing list (see David's response for one such response.)

Well, I was sure at the time I forwarded the message, which was hours 
before David's response arrived.

Besides, Sarah's message did bring up issues of interest to the kernel 
community at large, such as why AIO is supported by so few drivers.

Alan Stern

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