linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] usb: gadget: f

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Date:	Fri, 04 Mar 2016 18:39:34 +0000
From:	Felipe Ferreri Tonello <eu@...ipetonello.com>
To:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] usb: gadget: f_midi: refactor state machine

Hi Clemens, 

On March 4, 2016 8:07:40 AM GMT+00:00, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de> wrote:
>Felipe Ferreri Tonello wrote:
>> On 03/03/16 11:38, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>>> But in what way was the old state machine not "proper"?
>>
>> Because it didn't reflect all the correct and possible MIDI states
>
>The whole point of the one-byte real-time messages is that they do not
>affect the parsing of the surrounding MIDI stream.  So not making them
>part of the state machine is the proper way of handling them.  (Also
>see the flowchart in appendix A of the spec.)

I really don't get your point. So why do we have a state machine at all? 

>
>> This patch doesn't change any functionality. But the important thing
>> here is that it improves the driver maintainability [...]
>
>Then I won't get in the way of this driver's maintainer.


Clemens, I really value your feedback. I just want to understand what's the problem of this patch. 

Felipe 

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