linux-kernel - Re: can we move USB_DEVICEFS to non-embedded?

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Message-ID: <4A54A538.3080407@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:55:04 -0400
From:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: can we move USB_DEVICEFS to non-embedded?

On 07/08/2009 09:52 AM, Peter Jones wrote:
> On 07/08/2009 06:54 AM, Dave Airlie wrote:
> 
>> I'm not quite sure if something in the F11 initrd needs usbfs for
>> something (cc'ed Peter)
> 
> Not a thing.

Actually, I take it back.  We do mount usbfs, and we examine
/proc/bus/usb/devices as a heuristic to try and determine if
all the devices have been enumerated.

So that could be related to what you're seeing.

-- 
        Peter

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