linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: hcd.h : Removed an unnecessary function prototype usb_find_interface

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Date:	Wed, 27 May 2015 17:37:22 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Abhishek Bist <ishubist@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: hcd.h : Removed an unnecessary function
 prototype usb_find_interface_driver()

On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 19:19 +0530, Abhishek Bist wrote:
> This function is used to call before 2.6.x version of linux kernel but
> since then I haven't seen it's relative usage and it's not
> being used any where right now after checking it through
> linux.crossrefrence.

This goes into detail way beyond what anyone sane cares for:
usb_find_interface_driver() was removed in v2.5.36 through a patch
titled "USB: Convert the core code to use struct device_driver.".

> So, IMHO it would be relevant to remove this obselete
> function from kernel mainline.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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