linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] SH/Dreamcast

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Message-Id: <200802111145.34150.vapier@gentoo.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:45:32 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	"Adrian McMenamin" <adrian@...golddream.dyndns.info>
Cc:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"Paul Mundt" <lethal@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-sh" <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	"LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] SH/Dreamcast - joystick (Control pad)

On Monday 11 February 2008, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Mon, February 11, 2008 4:25 pm, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:19:22AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> On Monday 11 February 2008, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> >> > On Mon, February 11, 2008 12:22 am, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> > > no remove function ?  looks like the probe() forces a connect, but
> >> > > there's no remove() to force a disconnect ...
> >> >
> >> > Removing these devices (or any other plugged directly into the maple
> >> > ports) is a quick way to destroy your Dreamcast: hence they were never
> >> > implemented I guess. But there is no convincing reason for the
> >>
> >> software
> >>
> >> > not doing so, I suppose. I can just put in comments about it.
> >>
> >> and not allow the driver to be built as a module until the comments
> >> become code ...
> >
> > Normally drivers can be unbound from devices via sysfs even if they are
> > built-in, not modules.
>
> I meant comments about not being so silly as to start plugging maple
> devices in and out of the ports on the DC. I understand the point about
> the code and will rework appropriately.

is that a maple bus limitation or a joystick issue ?  if maple, then there 
really isnt much holding back this driver ...

> All I wanted to do is take somebody's old code and get it to work on 2.6.
> But nothing is that simple :-/

better than nothing.  if someone doesnt like the lack of functionality, they 
know where the source is ;)
-mike

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