linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 1/3] USB: gadget: mass/file storage: set serial number

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Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:21:57 +0200
From:	Michał Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dries Van Puymbroeck <Dries.VanPuymbroeck@...imo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/3] USB: gadget: mass/file storage: set serial number

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:06:32 +0200, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> 1/3: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/8/317

> Ah, yes.  My personal taste would be to write fsg_string_serial_fill_n
> as an inline routine instead of as a macro, and not try to make it
> separate from fsg_string_serial_fill.

>> 2/3: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/8/318

> I have only one objection to this patch: The new parameter's name
> should be "serial", not "serial_parm".  (Compare it to all the other
> parameter names.)

Will change the two tomorrow.

> As for the discussion between you and David...  I haven't tried to
> follow the details very carefully.  I get the impression that the two
> of you are talking past each other instead of coming to grips with a
> genuine issue.

I'm not entirely sure of what the issue with the patches is really.
It merely adds a serial number to the gadgets using MSF and that's all.

In any event, I am sure we will come to an agreement at one point. :)

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