linux-kernel - Re: [2.4 patch] Port of adutux driver from 2.6 kernel to 2.4.

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:26:35 +0300
From:	"Vitaliy Ivanov" <vitalivanov@...il.com>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	zaitcev@...hat.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vitalivanov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [2.4 patch] Port of adutux driver from 2.6 kernel to 2.4.

On 10/17/07, Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@...il.com> wrote:
> Willy & Pete,
>
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 21:24, Vitaliy Ivanov wrote:
> > Following Pete notes I will rework code and give it for review once again.
> > As I said it's usb-skeleton approach that I reused during the port.
> >
> > Anyway, will get back to this soon.
>
> Reworked code a little.
>
> Issue with locks...
> Now minor_table_mutex is used to protect the minor_table structure and nothing else.
> It was its first purpose.
>
> dev->sem is used to protect device manipulations. It's a normal practice in 2.4.
> So I leave it this way. I think it's OK, Pete?
>
> So the final patch, hope it's final, no?:)
>
> P.S. Willy all the details you asked before can be found in my previous mail(description, device list, etc).
>

Hi all,

Didn't here anything on this? What is our final decision here?

Thanks,
Vitaliy
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