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Message-ID: <48DA1B1A.8050507@ru.mvista.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:48:58 +0400
From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To: avorontsov@...mvista.com
Cc: dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net, greg@...ah.com,
linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
leoli@...escale.com, timur@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] USB: driver for Freescale QUICC Engine USB Host Controller
Hello, I wrote:
>>>>>>> This controller does not integrate the root hub, so this driver
>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>> fakes one-port hub. External hub is required to support more than
>>>>>>> one device.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please, no.
>>>>>>
>>>>> What exactly 'no'? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> No one-port hubs I guess -- they are pointless. Though e.g. MUSB
>>>> driver creates one -- I guess to impersonate a transaction
>>>> translating high-speed hub...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ... then the root hub emulation is completely pointless.
>>>
>>
>> It isn't. We always should emulate the root hub. The root hub
>> is part and parcel of any USB Host. Even the one-port one.
>
> Hm, maybe that's what USB core thinks (because UHCI/OHCI/EHCI all
> have it) but e.g. MUSB doesn't have the root hub registers...
Oops, I stand corrected. Even USB 1.1 specifies that it must be a
part the host...
WBR, Sergei
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