On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 08:51:29AM -0500, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 09:30:32AM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Thursday 16 October 2008, Brooks Davis wrote: ... > > > 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? > > While I do kind of like them, I'd tend to lean toward not including the > device classes in the names as that is a) tradtional and b) an easier > transition for people with existing custom kernels. actually there is already a precedent -- snd_* have a deviceclass prefix, and the prefix is certainly a step forward in making the config files more readable (especially with the cryptic 2/3 letter driver names that we use. With the change to usb2 people will have to add a prefix anyways, so this seems a good chance to start using the deviceclass prefix as well. cheers luigiReceived on Sat Oct 18 2008 - 12:05:01 UTC
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