linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26-rc2-mm1: high speed something

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Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:40 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Bird <ajb@...eresystems.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc2-mm1: high speed something

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:31:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 17 May 2008 02:17:49 +0400
> Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > >  linux-next.patch
> > 
> > That's terse. ;-)
> 
> well, it's a git tree, and all that this implies.  The git URL is
> right at the top of linux-next.patch.
> 
> > Who is responsible for something called "Option High Speed Mobile
> > Devices"?
> 
> The full changelog is contained in linux-next.patch.  Searching it for
> "Option" quickly leads to
> 
> commit a50a26ba350a5f32ec6481c85b938fc7fb476671
> Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> Date:   Mon Apr 14 11:41:16 2008 -0700
> 
>     USB: add option hso driver
>     
>     This driver is for a number of different Option devices.  Originally
>     written by Option and Andrew Bird, but cleaned up massivly for
>     acceptance into mainline by me (Greg).
>     
>     TODO:
>     	- remove proc files and move to debugfs
>     	- review network interfaces
>     	- add better changelog information
>     	- Use netif_msg_ for the message level rather than module parameter
>     	- net_device_stats are now available in dev->stats
>     
>     Many thanks to the following for their help in cleaning up the driver by
>     providing feedback and patches to it:
>     	- Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@...tonika.lt>
>     	- Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
>     	- Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>     
>     
>     Cc: Andrew Bird <ajb@...eresystems.co.uk>
>     Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>     Cc: Filip Aben <f.aben@...ion.com>
>     Cc: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@...tonika.lt>
>     Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 
> 
> > It's using create_proc_read_entry() interface, so should be switched
> > to seq_files before merging.

The whole proc interface is gone, so no need for that.

> > And "procfs" module parameter is plain stupid, sorry.

That parameter is gone, see the patches posted to lkml for an updated
version.

thanks,

greg "i'm stupid" k-h
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