Re: [PATCH 1/1]linux-usb: optimize to match the Huawei USB storagedevices and support new switch command

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:20:33 +0800
fangxiaozhi 00110321 <fangxiaozhi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: fangxiaozhi <huananhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 1. To optimize the match rules for the Huawei USB storage devices. Avoid to load USB storage driver for modem interface with Huawei devices.
> 2. Add to support new switch command for new Huawei USB dongles.

This prevents people getting access to the storage device if they want.
It also means you need to change kernel not simply a user space file to
add support for different new identifiers.

So it seems a large step backwards to me.

Why not just teach udev the new switch command then it'll work as a udev
update on all sorts of existing kernels as well as being the kind of
small safe change you can get into the entprise distributions ?

Alan
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