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DateThu, 31 Jan 2008 21:02:29 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: Feature Removals for 2.6.25 (USB driver api)
> ---------------------------
> Ping?
> What:	USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
> When:	February 2008
> Files:	include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c
> Why:	The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
> 	possible to create userspace USB drivers using usbfs/libusb/gadgetfs
> 	that operate as fast as the USB bus allows.  Because of this, the USB
> 	subsystem will not be allowing closed source kernel drivers to
> 	register with it, after this grace period is over.  If anyone needs
> 	any help in converting their closed source drivers over to use the
> 	userspace filesystems, please contact the
> 	linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list, and the developers
> 	there will be glad to help you out.
> Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

This is queued up in my tree to go to Linus, see my previous post on
lkml and the linux-usb mailing list about this topic.

thanks,

greg k-h
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