Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760822AbYCDRwV (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:52:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753026AbYCDRwL (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:52:11 -0500 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:50456 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752507AbYCDRwK (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:52:10 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:52:09 -0500 (EST) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: Dirk Eibach cc: greg@kroah.com, , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: add sysfs configuration interface for CP2101 In-Reply-To: <47CCF42F.3090306@gdsys.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 794 Lines: 20 On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Dirk Eibach wrote: > On the other hand it would a little bit sad, if Silabs windows tool > would stay the only way to setup for all other people. I cannot see > how I could spread the userspace tool the way it would be spread if > it was in the kernel. Maybe someone has an idea on that. Maybe you shouldn't try to spread your userspace tool as widely as the kernel. After all, most kernel users don't have a CP2101. If you put the tool on a web site, people who need it will be able to find it using Google. Alan Stern -- 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/