Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933715AbXHYIwT (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:52:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765358AbXHYIwI (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:52:08 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]:57035 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765066AbXHYIwG (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:52:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:51:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> To: Greg KH cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Matt Colyer , jeffm@suse.de Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [RFC] USB: driver for iphone charging In-Reply-To: <20070824183349.GA14855@kroah.com> Message-ID: References: <8VtFd-7mx-51@gated-at.bofh.it> <20070824183349.GA14855@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-Information: See www.mailscanner.info for information X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-From: 7eggert@gmx.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19BZWHZcCDU/U89yWk8KWid2KjORDAZOWxfZGw lc/y+MCOn/t0I2vbCUERELxK5vdBYhnQefzc6rxrDmyP1+fIUd igchlDECuwJREpX+6ZDcA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1172 Lines: 30 On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 12:51:19PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > Greg KH wrote: > > > my berry_charge code that adds support for charging the iphone when it > > > is plugged into a Linux machine. > > > > This should be a runtime option, because you may want to build a non-module > > kernel and not charge the phone while running your laptop on battery. > > Then just don't build this module if you are creating such a kernel :) > > Same thing goes for the existing blackberry charge driver too... So I have to reboot if I want to charge my (blackberry|iphone) on my laptop? Even if you say installing 850 KB of software (modutils) in order to toggle charging an iphone is sane, having to (un)load a module is not user-friendly. -- "'Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.'" -- Terry Pratchett in "Eric" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/