arm: davinci: USB ethernet

[Darryl]

We are currently using a DA850 eval board but will eventually use a 
custom board to interface host system to davinci using ethernet over 
USB.  We are using 2.6.37 with real-time patches, but a cursory look 
(have not been able to build yet) at 3.3-rc7 suggests that the issues 
noted below still exist.

There are currently two issues:

- Documentation/usb/hotplug.txt suggests that the drivers should be 
built as modules so that such things as loading drivers and, in this 
case, bringing up the interface, can ge moderated in user-space.  
However, though the code can be build modular, the drivers are never 
loaded.  I suspect that one or more of the several relevant configs (I 
see at least these:  USB_MUSB_HDRC, USB_MUSB_DA8XX_GLUE, USB_GADGET, 
USB_ETH, USB_GPIO_VBUS, NOP_USB_XCEIV, USB_ETH_RNDIS, USB_OTG_UTILS) are 
required to be built in, but cannot seem to determine the correct ones.

- Even when compiling all the driver code built-in, neither the plug-in 
nor plug-out event is propagated to user space, again, so that the 
interface can be brought up.

I am happy enough to build-in the driver code, but I still need the 
ability to bring up the interface.  I know that I can use a call to
        call_usermodehelper
to get to use-space, but I'd still be faced with where that call would 
work best.

So, I'm wondering if you have suggestions regarding how to proceed.

Thanks,
Darryl

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