linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Devices that ignore USB spec generate invalid modaliases

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Message-ID: <4AFA784D.1060001@natemccallum.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:41 -0500
From:	Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel@...emccallum.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Devices that ignore USB spec generate invalid modaliases

On 11/11/2009 03:20 AM, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
> Drivers for devices which have bcdDevice conforming to BCD will have no
> change in modalias output.

One small clarification. Existing drivers which specify a non-zero lower 
bound and an upper bound past the next character will have their upper 
bound changed from 0x9 to 0xf (i.e.: d123[4-9] -> d123[4-9a-f]).  I 
believe this is the only case where an existing (working) modalias will 
change.

Nathaniel McCallum

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