Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:44:04 -0800
From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: usb: replace __setup("nousb") with
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:34:27 -0500 (EST), Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:

> > 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.

This is why I wrote that I wish that it was exposed or exported.
It does not matter now, but it was a good example why the general
policy of exposure may be beneficial. English is very confusing.

-- Pete
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