Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:13:15 -0500 | From | "Dmitry Torokhov" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] usb/hid: The HID Simple Driver Interface 0.4.1 (core) |
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On 12/6/06, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > > > I still have the same objection - the "simple'" code will have to be > > > compiled into the driver instead of being a separate module and > > > eventyally will lead to a monster-size HID module. We have this issue > > > with psmouse to a degree but with HID the growth potential is much > > > bigger IMO. > > I guess that this paragraph wasn't for me, but rather for the author of > the HID Simple Driver proposal, am I right?
Yes, mainly for him but also for you because we need to be able to do what Li Yu is trying to do and be able to tweak HID interfaces.
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> This split is quite painful, as there are many things happening in USB all > the time, so the best way seem to be just to perform big split (with > needed changes) at once, and then develop other things on top of it (like > hidraw).
Is there any reason why we can't mecanically move everything into drivers/hid right now? Then Greg could simply forward all patches he gets for HID your way and you won't have hard time merging your work with others...
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