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Message-Id: <1180282774.3131.54.camel@lov.localdomain> Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 18:19:34 +0200 From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> To: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, bert hubert <bert.hubert@...herlabs.nl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB: set default y for CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_CLASS On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 18:10 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 27/05/07, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> wrote: > > From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> > > Subject: USB: set default y for CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_CLASS > > > > Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> > > --- > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig > > index f493fb1..346fc03 100644 > > --- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig > > @@ -40,21 +40,25 @@ config USB_DEVICEFS > > config USB_DEVICE_CLASS > > bool "USB device class-devices (DEPRECATED)" > > depends on USB > > - default n > > + default y > > It puzzles me why a deprecated option should be default 'Y'... Because usb_device class devices are kind of broken regarding the event timing, and should not be used anymore. They are replaced by device-nodes created by the real usb-device, but some systems still depend on the class devices: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/27/56 We better default to y for a while until the users have switched over. Kay - 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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