linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usbip: convert to use faux

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Message-ID: <1a9cea94-c198-4cc4-bd69-d36f6511a121@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:15:51 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Zongmin Zhou <min_halo@....com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
 shuah@...nel.org
Cc: valentina.manea.m@...il.com, i@...ithal.me, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, zhouzongmin@...inos.cn,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usbip: convert to use faux_device

On 6/4/25 00:54, Zongmin Zhou wrote:
> From: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@...inos.cn>
> 
> The vhci driver does not need to create a platform device,
> it only did so because it was simple to do that in order to
> get a place in sysfs to hang some device-specific attributes.
> Now the faux device interface is more appropriate,change it
> over to use the faux bus instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@...inos.cn>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - don't change faux create api,just call probe on vhci_hcd_init.

I will defer the review to Greg on this.

I am fine with the change if Greg is happy with it. :)

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah