Re: HEADSUP usb2/usb4bsd to become default in GENERIC

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:53:17 -0700 (MST)
In message: <20090208.124756.-942592244.imp_at_bsdimp.com>
            "M. Warner Losh" <imp_at_bsdimp.com> writes:
: In message: <200902081951.16823.hselasky_at_c2i.net>
:             Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky_at_c2i.net> writes:
: : On Sunday 08 February 2009, Andrew Thompson wrote:
: : > On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 06:48:39PM +0100, Remko Lodder wrote:
: : > > On Sun, February 8, 2009 6:21 am, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
: : 
: : > >
: : > > Please name it "usb_*".
: : 
: : Beware that if you rename everything from "usb2_" to "usb_" there will be 
: : symbol and structure clashes with the linux USB compat layer, which needs to 
: : be resolved.
: 
: No.  that's not the case.  usb2_foo vs usb_foo in the kernel config
: files only affects what files config brings in, and we can easily tell
: it to bring the right ones in w/o any symbol issues.
: 
: I'd leave everything else where it is now in the source tree.  The
: rename is fairly trivial.  Do people want me to float a patch?

Of course, the kernel config file names are just one aspect here.
There's also the module names, that need to be considered.  And also
just because it can be done, doesn't mean we have to it.

Warner
Received on Sun Feb 08 2009 - 18:54:17 UTC

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