linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Missing usb_find

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Message-ID: <84144f020801240319o1f51613fx6e823120f74a9cf9@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:19:25 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Wilco Beekhuizen" <wilcobeekhuizen@...il.com>
Cc:	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Missing usb_find_device symbol from usb.c

Hi Wilco,

On Jan 24, 2008 12:05 PM, Wilco Beekhuizen <wilcobeekhuizen@...il.com> wrote:
> Most code is pretty ancient, I just manage it so it compiles with
> recent kernels. Is there somehting exported that is similar to
> usb_find_device?

The problem is that iriverfs shouldn't be calling usb_find_device() at
all. What happens when you plug in two players to the same computer?
AFAICT the whole thing should be a proper USB driver in drivers/usb/
and not a "filesystem" in fs/.

                          Pekka
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