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

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:35 -0500
From:	Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel@...emccallum.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Devices that ignore USB spec generate invalid modaliases

On 11/11/2009 03:39 AM, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
> 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.

I've solved the above problem in the latest patch 
(file2alias_hex_or_bcd.patch) which automatically detects if a driver 
entry is supporting a hex bcdDevice rather than a bcd one and adjusts 
accordingly.  Thus, for all normal devices, there is now no change at all.

In the process I discovered another bug.  'devlo++' and 'devhi--' are 
used.  However this number is most often in BCD format, so ++/-- won't 
work.  A second patch (file2alias_bcd_increment.patch) resolves this issue.

Again, questions/comments welcome.

Nathaniel McCallum

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