linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/9][v3]usb:fsl:otg: Add support to add/remove usb host driver

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2015 14:25:30 +0000
From:	Ramneek Mehresh <ramneek.mehresh@...escale.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC:	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/9][v3]usb:fsl:otg: Add support to add/remove usb host
 driver



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Stern [mailto:stern@...land.harvard.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 7:49 PM
> To: Mehresh Ramneek-B31383
> Cc: Kernel development list; Felipe Balbi; USB list;
> gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/9][v3]usb:fsl:otg: Add support to add/remove usb
> host driver
> 
> On Wed, 6 May 2015, Ramneek Mehresh wrote:
> 
> > > Also, I'm not going to let you add new fields into the
> > > ehci_driver_overrides structure.  If you really need to override
> > > other routines, copy the approach used by ehci-tegra.c.
> > >
> > Understood...but I would appreciate if you could please explain the
> > harm in doing so
> 
> The fields in the override structure are meant for convenience.  The
> extra_priv_size field is the most important one; the other two fields (reset
> and port_power) are present only because so many drivers need them.
> 
> There's no reason to add an extra field for something that will be used in only
> one driver.  You can do the override by hand, instead of wasting space in a
> whole bunch of other drivers.
> 
Ok...i thought "overrides" structure is to enforce a field by a driver on generic structure...
But now it appears that it's only for most popular fields only...i'll make changes in my driver only

> Alan Stern

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