Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] USB: add USB test and measurement class driver - round 2 | Date | Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:05:49 +0200 |
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Am Mittwoch 27 August 2008 20:58:08 schrieb Alan Stern: > > And this rule depends on sharing the USB major or not. This needs > > a big fat mention in Documentation. > > You mean that the open/disconnect locking rule applies only to drivers > that call usb_register_dev, i.e, drivers using the USB major. Right?
Yes. In fact drivers not using the USB major but their own char devices will need such a lock. This is tricky.
> I agree that it deserves to be mentioned in the documentation > somewhere. Where would be a good place? None of the existing files in > Documentation/usb seem appropriate.
The USB major merits a file of its own.
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