Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjørn Mork <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] USB: storage: fix Huawei mode switching regression | Date | Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:47:01 +0100 |
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Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes: > On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 14:19 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: > [...] >> In-kernel mode switching was deprecated years ago with the >> development of the more user friendly userspace alternatives. The >> existing list of devices in usb-storage was only kept to prevent >> breaking already working systems. The long term plan is to remove >> the list, not to add to it. Ref: >> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/28543 > [...] > > Can you add a comment to this effect?
In the table in unusual_devs.h, you mean? Sure, I can do that.
But it feels a bit strange since I can only quote and/or refer to what Matthew and Greg said about the issue years ago. Putting a comment in the code to remind the current maintainers about their own statements could be considered out of line? Or is this appropriate here?
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