Re: [linux-usb-devel] [GIT PATCH] USB fixes for 2.6.20-rc5

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Greg,

> > > They include a small number of fixes for some USB bugs, and some new
> > > device ids, all of the details are below.  I've also disabled the USB
> > > multithreaded probe option, as it broke a number of people's machines.
> > 
> > what about the two pending patches to make device_move() working as
> > expected. The current implementation is broken and basically useless.
> 
> I don't feel comfortable adding them to the 2.6.20 kernel at this late
> period, for a variety of reasons.  I really want them to be tested out
> in the -mm tree and then in the full -rc series due to the fact that
> they are non-trivial, and touch the driver core code that everyone uses,
> not just that function.

fair enough.

> Also, it's a new feature (reparent back to the original parent), not
> necessarily a bugfix.
> 
> And yes, I realize that the functions don't work fully right now, but as
> long as you don't want to re-parent the devices, they should work,
> right?

Actually even that was broken for me.

Regards

Marcel


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