linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv5 2/3] USB: gadget: Use new composite features in some gadgets

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Message-ID: <20100730212131.GA8787@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:31 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Michał Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dries Van Puymbroeck <Dries.VanPuymbroeck@...imo.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 2/3] USB: gadget: Use new composite features in some
 gadgets

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:57:35AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> 
> > 
> >  We shouldn't be using _any_ netchip
> > ids anymore now that we
> > have our own vendor id assigned to us.
> 
> That's too extreme; the original handful of
> NetChip IDs were (and are!!) correctly assigned,
> and there's no reason to change them.  In fact,
> there's a lot of reason to continue using them
> while config files and drivers expect to see
> those specific IDs (as is reasonable).  That's
> to avoid breaking working configs...

True, I was thinking that for the class-type devices, we could use the
linux foundation vid, as changing them shouldn't matter right?

Or does Windows really care about the vid/pid for a class device
somehow?

thanks,

greg k-h
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