Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753425Ab1CKQl1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:41:27 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:50462 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751791Ab1CKQl0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:41:26 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=OgUC6yOpxetu5wMrtjP+1TUXKIGRzJkrVWq9K2p0yMXdZZ7EagLydU4f1XUH/dq443 gmUm07YUsm8VplZwNl3t+S4sa7vuGMhH9z1n+hbqWYxsMOLHJgQRn4R1Yn3euvk9ZfJ1 4uKrVWCqQD569SNKnhvM3NseJk2SVa3hd7YPs= Message-ID: <4D7A50B2.9030603@linaro.org> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:41:22 +0000 From: Andy Green Reply-To: andy.green@linaro.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110302 Fedora/3.1.8-3.fc16 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Linux USB list , lkml Subject: Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets References: <4D79F068.2080009@linaro.org> <20110311160815.GA7426@kroah.com> <4D7A4BDE.7050206@linaro.org> <20110311163628.GB9291@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20110311163628.GB9291@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 28 On 03/11/2011 04:36 PM, Somebody in the thread at some point said: >> Is it true that for on-board devices, it can sometimes be legitimate >> and useful to be able to deliver platform_data from the board file >> through to stuff on a USB bus, same as you would for memory mapped, >> I2C, other busses? >> >> Or is that it since it is USB, it can never be useful or legitimate, >> no matter what different kind of wired-up on-board USB device it is, >> to have the board definition file configure the driver for that >> instantiation? > > Since it is USB, it is always discoverable, so it doesn't make any sense > to have this type of thing. > > And since your only example was a network device, I think you proved > your point :) Well, thanks for the clear answer ^^ Have a nice weekend. -Andy -- 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/