linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/2] USB gadget

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Message-ID: <502E1E23.60201@linutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:34:11 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@...sung.com>
CC:	'Joel Becker' <jlbec@...lplan.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	'Kyungmin Park' <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	'Felipe Balbi' <balbi@...com>,
	'Greg Kroah-Hartman' <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	'Alan Stern' <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/2] USB gadget - configfs

On 08/17/2012 12:30 PM, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz wrote:
>> There is a separation between "setting myself up" and "seeing that a host
>> wants to talk to me". You are a woman. And if you not done yet done you
> ignore
>> the host until you are ready. Can also be ready before the host wants to
> talk
>> to you. It depends on your mood / use case (give the use the choice
> between
>> storage&  network and offer always both because we are self powered).
>>
>
> You never know when she is ready... ;)
>
> Please note, that in the example implementation it is userspace
> who needs to explicitly store "1" into the "connect" attribute;
> if it is not set, connecting the cable will have no effect and,
> conversely, if the cable is connected but the "1" is not stored,
> the gadget will not be seen by the host.

maybe we should rename "connect" here to "ready" or "available". It
seems to cause confusion.

>
> Andrzej

Sebastian
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