[PATCH] USB-serial dummy cable driver

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 07:36:39PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dne Út 3. srpna 2010 18:38:26 Greg KH napsal(a):
> > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 06:14:15PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > Dne Út 3. srpna 2010 00:47:18 Greg KH napsal(a):
> > > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 08:00:07AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > This driver is used to implement USB-serial like behaviour over dummy
> > > > > 
> > > > > USB cables. These are used in the following devices:
> > > > > 	Funsoft Serial USB driver
> > > > > 	Genesys Logic GL620USB USB Laplink cable
> > > > > 	HP4x (48/49) Serial cable
> > > > > 	Motorola phones
> > > > > 	Siemens USB-MPI Serial USB driver
> > > > > 	ViVOpay USB Serial Driver
> > > > > 	ZIO Motherboard USB driver
> > > > 
> > > > I like the idea, but not the name :)
> > > 
> > > Please don't expect miracles from me after 26 hours without sleep ;-)
> > > 
> > > > Ideally, all of these would be able to be handled by the usb-serial
> > > > generic driver directly.
> > > 
> > > I just noticed that one. Stupid me.
> > > 
> > > > But really, having these multiple drivers is a good thing, they
> > > > properly convey to the user what the device is, and it gives these
> > > > developers and companies a sense of ownership over the code, and that
> > > > matters at times.
> > > > 
> > > > So you lost the names of the devices with this patch, which isn't good.
> > > 
> > > Sheesh ... that's true, but having pile of copies of the same code is not
> > > good either.
> > 
> > I agree, that's why I said it should be reduced.
> > 
> > > Can't we then just deprecate all these drivers and set correct udev
> > > rules?
> > 
> > udev can not change the name of the device in sysfs, or the name in the
> > kernel of the device.
> 
> That's right, but it can bind the generic driver with the hardware. And who 
> would care about the driver name, really ? The interface just appears and that's 
> what matters (to me and probably to users) ...

There are persistant device links in /dev/serial/ that might care about
the driver name.  We don't want to break them, right?

thanks,

greg k-h