On Thursday 16 October 2008, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 09:24:11PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > 4. I'm interested to understand why these container modules exist > > > instead of individual drivers. > > > > They exist to make loading USB drivers easier. It is simpler to > > load "usb2_serial" than to emperically search for a specific serial port > > driver. In the future the "usb2_serial" module will load the correct > > driver for you. > > If you want a stub usb2_serial module that loads all serial drivers, > that migh be useful, but we do not have an (e.g.) if_ethernet module > for a reason. The individual drivers MUST continue to exist and be > independently configurable so embedded systems can choose what they > need and exclude what they don't. > > -- Brooks Hi Brooks, That's no problem. Is the following list of module names acceptable? --HPS _at_ eurobsdcon2008 usb2_bluetooth usb2_bluetooth_fw usb2_controller usb2_controller_at91dci usb2_controller_ehci usb2_controller_musb usb2_controller_ohci usb2_controller_uhci usb2_controller_uss820dci usb2_core usb2_ethernet usb2_ethernet_aue usb2_ethernet_axe usb2_ethernet_cdce usb2_ethernet_cue usb2_ethernet_dav usb2_ethernet_kue usb2_ethernet_rue usb2_image usb2_image_scanner usb2_input usb2_input_hid usb2_input_kbd usb2_input_ms usb2_misc usb2_misc_dbp usb2_misc_fm usb2_ndis usb2_quirk usb2_serial usb2_serial_ark usb2_serial_bsa usb2_serial_bser usb2_serial_chcom usb2_serial_cycom usb2_serial_foma usb2_serial_ftdi usb2_serial_gensa usb2_serial_ipaq usb2_serial_lpt usb2_serial_mct usb2_serial_modem usb2_serial_moscom usb2_serial_plcom usb2_serial_visor usb2_serial_vscom usb2_sound usb2_storage usb2_storage_ata usb2_storage_fs usb2_storage_mass usb2_storage_rio usb2_template usb2_wlan usb2_wlan_ral usb2_wlan_rum usb2_wlan_zydReceived on Sat Oct 18 2008 - 06:28:31 UTC
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