linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation: ABI: document DEVICE_ENUMERATION

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Message-ID: <2026010748-shrivel-curliness-755d@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 16:02:29 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Akshay Gujar <Akshay.Gujar@...man.com>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, stern@...land.harvard.edu, oneukum@...e.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, naveen.v@...man.com,
	sankarkumar.krishnasamy@...man.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation: ABI: document
 DEVICE_ENUMERATION_FAILURE uevent

On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 11:58:07AM +0000, Akshay Gujar wrote:
> Document the DEVICE_ENUMERATION_FAILURE uevent emitted when device
> enumeration fails, including a minimal example captured on USB.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akshay Gujar <Akshay.Gujar@...man.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-uevent | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-uevent b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-uevent
> index 0b6227706b35..1f1573c8be96 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-uevent
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-uevent
> @@ -49,3 +49,25 @@ Description:
>  
>  Users:
>                  udev, userspace tools generating synthetic uevents
> +
> +What:		DEVICE_ENUMERATION_FAILURE
> +Date:		Dec 2025

It's not December anymore :)

> +KernelVersion:	6.x

Are you sure this will happen?  And the major number means nothing,
let's pick the real release number please.

thanks,

greg k-h