Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:39:28 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: can we move USB_DEVICEFS to non-embedded? |
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:29:50PM +0800, Jeff Chua wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Greg KH<gregkh@suse.de> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 01:11:51PM +0800, Jeff Chua wrote: > >> commit cc71329b3b89b4a5be849b617f2c4f151f0b9213 moved USB_DEVICEFS to > >> be embedded and marked it as depreciated. Can this be reverted? This > >> breaks vmware and those systems not using udev. > > > vmware now works properly with this fix, and has for over a year or so. > > vmware is working, but can't detect USB devices.
Odd, what version of vmware are you using?
> > What distro does not use udev or mdev or something like it already and > > also does not use an updated libusb? > > We need some specifics here please. > > I'm not using it and have been fine without it all these while, so > don't see any gain moving to udev or perhaps it's time to consider ...
If you are running your own custom distro/install, then you should be able to select CONFIG_EMBEDDED and then USB_DEVICEFS just fine on your own. But note, that you don't sound like the "normal" user at all :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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