linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb/ub: deprecate & schedule for removal the "Low Performance USB Block" driver

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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:37:47 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
Cc:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb/ub: deprecate & schedule for removal the "Low
 Performance USB Block" driver

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:33:31AM -0600, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:52:51 +0100
> Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc> wrote:
> 
> > +What:	Low Performance USB Block driver ("CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB")
> > +When:	3.6
> 
> ACK
> 
> > +	does not use libusual which holds various workarounds for
> > +	certain buggy devices.
> 
> Although the above is false, and ub actually started libusual,
> I don't mind. It's a transient notice anyway. Once ub is gone,
> libusual can be folded back into usb-storage.

Good point.

Sebastian, care to reword this and resend it?

Also, are you going to be doing the "merge libusual into usb-storage"
after you remove the ub driver?

thanks,

greg k-h
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