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Message-ID: <20130121080506.GA8777@arwen.pp.htv.fi>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:05:06 +0200
From: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
CC: <balbi@...com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: nokia: Add mass storage driver to g_nokia
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:17:31AM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Sunday 20 January 2013 10:25:37 Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 03:58:13AM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> >
> > NAK for two reasons:
> >
> > a) the original Nokia kernel used a separate g_file_storage
> > gadget to use Mass Storage mode, use that
> >
> > b) there is no commit log
>
> Reason why add mass storage mode to g_nokia is to avoid switching
> between g_{file,mass}_storage and g_nokia and to have one gadget
> driver for Nokia N900. It is better to have usb network and mass
> storage mode in one driver (and not to unload & load another).
>
> I tested this patch with 3.8-rc3 kernel on Nokia N900 and usb
> network with mass storage mode working without problems.
Doesn't matter, in this case this is something which nokia wrote to
carry on their Maemo/MeeGo devices so unless someone from Nokia says
this is how they want to use nokia.c from now on, I can't simply risk
breaking all other users for your own convenience.
On top of all that, we're working to remove all gadget drivers from
kernel and keep only function drivers.
--
balbi
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