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Message-ID: <20121008235503.GD8157@kroah.com> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:55:03 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: "Maxin B. John" <maxin.john@...il.com> Cc: devel@...uxdriverproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support for OWI/Maplin USB Robotic Arm On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 05:29:43PM -0400, Maxin B. John wrote: > Hi Greg, > > This driver helps us to control the OWI/Maplin USB Robotic Arm device. > > I have tested this driver in my x86 Laptop and it works as expected > (Some clean-ups and modifications are in the pipeline, though). > > After review process and the life in staging,I hope this driver will > find it's place in "drivers/usb/misc/" :) > > The userspace utility program is available from the below URL: > https://github.com/maxinbjohn/robotic_arm_driver > > OWI/Maplin USB Robotic arm is available from: > http://www.maplin.co.uk/robotic-arm-kit-with-usb-pc-interface-266257 > http://www.owirobots.com/cart/html/owi-535pc-robotic-arm-kit-with-usb-pc-interface-assembled.html > > Please let me know your comments. Very nice, but are there any real requirement to have this be a kernel driver, and not just be driven from userspace through libusb/usbfs instead? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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