Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: usb: replace __setup("nousb") with__module_param_call

[Alan Stern]

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:46:26 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > But even if it does, my patch saved reading, so I think it should be
> > > applied as well.
> > 
> > What you mean by "saved reading"?
> 
> The diffstat was almost all dashes: 13 deletions, 1 addition.
> 
> > Btw, do we really need to export "nousb" in sysfs?
> 
> Nobody would die if we didn't, but there's nothing wrong with the idea
> in general. At least you'd know that the parameter was actually parsed.
> I wish usb-handoff was exported similarly, because there's absolutely
> no way to tell if it worked or was quietly ignored. And I abhor printks
> in normal or success cases, so I do not want such indication.

usb-handoff no longer exists.  The kernel now takes USB host controllers
away from the BIOS as soon as they are discovered.

Alan Stern

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