linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] Migrate usbip-utils to libudev

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Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2014 22:37:35 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, shuah.kh@...sung.com,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, ly80toro@....cs.fau.de,
	tobias.polzer@....de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	firefly@...ts.rosedu.org, dominik.paulus@....de,
	ihadzic@...earch.bell-labs.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] Migrate usbip-utils to libudev

On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 09:10:40PM +0200, Valentina Manea wrote:
> This patch series modifies the USB/IP userspace side (usbip-utils)
> to use libudev instead of libsysfs. This change was necessary as
> libsysfs is no longer maintained and we have discovered a bug that
> affected USB/IP.

That's great, I didn't even know anything even used libsysfs anymore.

> On the other hand, libudev is actively maintained and recommended
> for interacting with sysfs.

Yes, that's the correct thing to do here, nice job.

greg k-h
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