Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Commit "[PATCH] USB: Always do usb-handoff" breaks my powerbook | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:09:45 +1100 |
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On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 09:28 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-11-01 at 14:30 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Damn, those quirks should really be either more careful or be made > > platform specific if they are x86 junk workarounds. > > USB handoff is fairly x86 specific. The x86 folks took great care to > handle back compatibility while Apple was content to just dump the users > and machines.
What is this comment supposed to mean ? Backward compatiblity on Macs is very high, thanks to mostly software not relying on stupid & broken hardware implementation details...
> Not "illegal" -> "invalid". > > Please get that right as we have far too many incorrect uses of > "illegal" in publically visible printk calls. Illegal means "prohibited > by law".
Oh well, whatever you say..
Ben.
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