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Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:27:26 +0200 From: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@...e.fr> To: "Indan Zupancic" <indan@....nu> Cc: "Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, "LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, gregkh@...e.de, linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [git patch] move USB net drivers to drivers/net On Thursday 10 May 2007 14:12:47 Indan Zupancic wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, May 10, 2007 03:38, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > This was ACK'd by Greg, as you see in the sign-offs. See the commit > > below for rationale. > > > > USB is now treated like other buses, for network drivers: > > * USB network driver patches should go to me and netdev > > * Just like in PCI or PCMCIA land, bus-specific code may > > originate from the USB side of the house (Greg's tree). > > > > > > > > Please pull from 'usb-move' branch of > > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git usb-move > > > > to receive the following update: > > > > > > commit 5b2fc499917e5897a13add780e181b4cef197072 > > Author: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> > > Date: Wed May 9 21:31:55 2007 -0400 > > > > Move USB network drivers to drivers/net/usb. > > > > It is preferable to group drivers by usage (net, scsi, ATA, ...) than > > by bus. When reviewing drivers, the [PCI|USB|PCMCIA|...] maintainer > > is probably less qualified on networking issues than a networking > > maintainer. Also, from a practical standpoint, chips often > > appear on multiple buses, which is why we do not put drivers into > > drivers/pci/net. > > What about drivers/usb/atm/? I don't mind if it moves to drivers/atm/, though I don't see the point of it. Best wishes, Duncan. - 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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