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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1108221705040.2192-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:06:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
cc:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Yang Rui Rui <ruirui.r.yang@...to.com>,
	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 1/4] usb: Provide usb_speed_string() function

On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:

> >> --- a/drivers/usb/Makefile
> >> +++ b/drivers/usb/Makefile
> >> @@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_USB_MUSB_HDRC)	+= musb/
> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_USB_RENESAS_USBHS)	+= renesas_usbhs/
> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_USB_OTG_UTILS)	+= otg/
> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= gadget/
> >> +
> >> +obj-$(CONFIG_USB)		+= common.o
> >> +obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= common.o
> >
> > Will this cause problems?  For example, what if CONFIG_USB is Y and
> > CONFIG_USB_GADGET is M?
> 
> Hmm, I haven't thought about that.
> 
> > Also, it seems a little silly to have an entire kernel module devoted
> > to a single, little function.
> 
> Agreed.  And again, I haven't thought about compiling as a module which
> would result in a major overkill.
> 
> > This is a symptom of the difficulty of
> > sharing code between the host-side and gadget-side USB stacks.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> I'm open to any suggestions on how this could be solved.
> 
> Sticking the function to the header file as static inline seems
> like bit... ”bloaty”.
> 
> If this is not easily solvable, I'll probably just drop this patch
> for now.

You could do:

	obj-$(CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT)  += common.o

which would build that subroutine into the main kernel whenever either 
side of the USB stack is enabled.

Alan Stern

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